In Missouri, every sex offender must undergo a psycological evaluation prior to release from confinement to determine if a civil committment hearing should be held in a court to commit the offender in a mental health facility designed to address pedophilia upon release from confinement (Prison).
The Indiana chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union challenged the statute on behalf of an offender identified only as "John Doe, " who had served 21 months in prison for child exploitation.
At the same time that the EEOC is practically rewriting the law to add "criminal offender" to the list of protected groups under civil-rights statutes, the agency refuses to disclose whether it uses criminal background checks for its own hiring.