[USA] Punishment for Sex Offenders / New York Sun, 12 March 2007
http://www.nysun.com/article/50246
HENRY STERN
"The New York Legislature has passed and sent to Governor Spitzer a bill intended to deal with sex offenders whose prison sentences have expired. The theory is that sexual predators are likely to repeat their crimes after they are released. When the governor signs the bill, New York will become the 20th state to authorise continued "civil confinement" of sex offenders."