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Court says Minnesota sex offender law OK

ST. PAUL -- Minnesota let out a sigh of relief Tuesday, Jan. 3, after a federal appeals court decided a lower court erred in tossing out a state law that put some of the worst sex offenders in prison-like facilities after they complete their sentences.

Had the original ruling stood, the state would have scrambled to release many of the 700 sex offenders now confined in state hospitals. The ruling basically returns state law as it was before the Twin Cities-based federal judge declared it unconstitutional.

"One of the problems we have is we don't have alternative placements for them," Gov. Mark Dayton said. "That is expensive."

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