Case on civil commitment laws comes before U.S. Supreme Court . The case is a challenge to the constitutionality of California's Proposition 71, which allows judges in criminal cases to order people who have been convicted of certain crimes committed when they were minors to be held indefinitely without bail. Victim says civil commitment not best tool but effective for now . Critics of such programs say treatment facilities amount to prison .
Case on civil commitment laws comes before U.S. Supreme Court . Laws allows sex offenders to be held even after they finish criminal sentences . Victim says civil commitment not best tool but effective for now . Critics of such programs say treatment facilities amount to prison .