Supreme Court weighs if sex offenders are unlawfully held after term
The justices debated whether some sex offenders remain unlawfully confined under civil commitment laws. Washington state inmate Andre Brigham Young argues treatment failures keep him imprisoned beyond his sentence. The case tests whether civil commitment constitutes unlawful detention.
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Doctors face growing drug company influence in medicine
Journal and editors describe rising ties between industry and medical research and education. Kassirer urges teaching there is no free lunch as faculty and students encounter sponsorships, speaking gigs, and gifts from pharmaceutical firms despite calls for stricter conflict of interest standards.
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