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THE BATTALION
Wednesday, Novemlxi'.l
Scores of sex offende
may go free in Florid
WEST PALM BEACH. Fla.
(AP) — Scores of rapists and
child molesters could go free in
Florida because of challenges
to a state law that allows them
to be kept behind bars indefi
nitely, even after they have
served their sentences.
Around the country, similar
state laws are also being tested,
and one such case is now before
the U.S. Supreme Court.
A child molester in Florida
has already been released
because of a recent state appeals
court ruling, and perhaps 2(X)
others could get out of prison
because of the decision, too.
At issue is the Jimmy Ryce
Acl. Under vhe law, when the
prison sentence of a violent sex
ual offender is about to end.
prosecutors can ask for a civil
trial to decide whether the
offender is likely to strike again
and should be kept locked up
until a doctor determines he is
no longer a threat.
The 1998 law was named
after a 9-year-old Florida boy
who was abducted, raped and
murdered in 1995. His killer has
been sentenced to death.
The problem is this: Scores
of offenders who have complet
ed their sentences hut are still
awaiting their civil trials are
being held behind bars in the
meantime based on evidence
from prosecutors that they
would be a danger to society.
Earlier this month, however,
a state appeals court in Lakeland
ruled that such pre-trial evi
dence must be given under oath.
On Monday. Thomas Hurte,
21, was freed in Palm Beach
County on the basis of that rul
ing. He had completed a 3 1/2-
year sentence in January for
having sex with two girls, ages
and was being kept in
tnding, his civil trial,
based on evidence
given under oath.
Palm Beach A?
Defender Ken Jonnson,
represented Hurte. said keeping
offenders in custody for months
without sworn evidence violates
their rights. Some offenders
wait as long as 11/2 years for a
civil trial, he said.
More than 2(X) offenders in
Florida awaiting civil trials are
covered by the Nov. 16 ruling.
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of walking, not running.
freshman the privilege
in the residence halls.
Four years and six positions at The Battalion
later, Castillo will sit at the desk of the editor in
chief of The Battalion in Spring 2(X)2. The
Student Media Board, this month, nominated
Castillo for the position and Provost Dr. Ronald
Douglas appointed Castillo Monday.
“I’m not surprised that he aspired for the top
job, and I’m not surprised that he got it," said
Ron George, advisor for The Battalion. “Mariano
has stuck it out long enough to now be the com
manding officer. He’s probably taken a lot of heat
from both The Battalion staff and his Corps bud
dies, but he was courageous enough to not only
stay, but apply and gain the paper’s top position.”
Castillo will inherit the desk from junior jour
nalism and management major Brady Creel
when classes begin for the Spring 2(X)2 semester.
Castillo is serving as Creel’s managing editor
this fall.
Creel. George said, has brought the paper to its
strongest news level. Castillo will only continue
Creel’s high standard of journalism, he said.
The position of editor in chief is a reward for
years of writing and editing features, news sto
ries and opinion columns, Castillo said.
oncentrated on doing myyt
semester, but editor in chief was one ofi
long-term goals at the back of my mind, k
‘It's something you earn at theendoftli
four years of hard work.”
Castillo’s main goal is to keep TheBalli
readers as its top priority. This indudeslic
trust with other student leaders that will mal
Battalion more accessible to them and pn
articles that tell all sides of the story.hes:
“We are a student paper, and that gi'
room to do so many things and totakerisl
bigger papers can't,” Castillo said. “I
always be professional, but I'm not afa
show that college attitude.”
Readers will continue to see well-ba^
stories that cover what students careaboi
what they should care about, he said.
" The Battalion needs to make people!
to inform people — but also get them to
and debate,” Castillo said. “This isacij
paper and we’re all students here to learn."
George said being editor in chief 13
dedication to the newspaper that become
sacrificial.
“This job is hard and it will test himastt|
everyone else who’s had the job." George
“For someone who knows how hard it is aid
wants to do it takes courage. Mariano care?
this newspaper.”
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