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Kansas v. Hendricks

a case resulting in a controversial 1997 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld the involuntary civil commitment of an offender after he had already completed his sentence for a sex crime. The court ruled that laws permitting the confinement of sex offenders in mental hospitals after they have served their criminal sentences are not unconstitutional if the offender remains a threat.

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single-cell recording

single-cell recording

see microelectrode.