A Brooklyn judge has ordered the state to release a sex offender from civil confinement despite the fact that the individual has a lengthy record that includes three arrests for sex-related offenses.
Supreme Court Justice Wayne Ozzi (See Profile) said the civil commitment statute was “never intended to be a catch-all to seek confinement of persons who may engage in generically bad, but non-sex offense conduct.” He said Shawn Young’s misconduct, at least that which landed him in a secure mental institution, involved behavior that was not overtly sexual.
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