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In Minnesota we have civil commitment for sex offenders after they have served their time. In theory they can complete treatment but no one has ever been let out in 13 years . We have 149 people in our program. So they have not been denied due process, but in effect have received life sentences.

Regarding the 18 yr old, it is not statutory rape if their age is withing 2 yrs of the younger person. So boyfriend/girlfriends don't get charged with rape all the time. Of course if there is forcible rape this does not apply. But it makes the assumption an underage person can "consent" to sex with their boyfriend/girlfriend. Had to look this up regarding a niece running away from home with her boyfriend (so only may apply to Wisconsin law in the 1990's).

Here's a nifty story I did for Politics in Minnesota based on the docs about Minnesota's mostly-mandatory infant DNA screening program. It turns out that the State owns the DNA intellectual property rights but the Mayo owns the derivative works, according to the contract. Who knew?

The original headline was "Freedom of consent, total galactose & intellectual property: Minnesota's infant DNA Mayo-Gopher industrial complex". see
http://www.politicsinminnesota.com/2009/may29/3251/freedom-consent-total-galactose-intellectual-property-minnesotas-infant-dna-mayo-gop

Get 100 MB super-multifile-PDF here - OCR'd
http://www.politicsinminnesota.com/files/infant-dna-combined-doc.pdf

ledes:
A new round of documents obtained from the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) regarding the state's Newborn Screening Program (NBS) show interesting implications about the difference between its role catching certain dangerous genetic diseases, and the various genetic research and testing programs that the samples ultimately get sent to. There's quite a difference between the "trip-wire" disease screening program and the DNA studies; the role of DNA research as intellectual property suddenly pops up.

The study project authorizations approved by the Department of Health involve DNA research; critics of the policies around the newborn DNA samples want to know what happens to all the genetic data, and who might profit from it. Two big players around here, the Mayo Clinic and the University of Minnesota, do work on the blood samples. The operative contracts, which include defining the "intellectual property" of what could almost be called the "derivative works" of newborn DNA, of the U of M and Mayo were obtained by lawyer Nathan Hansen, working in concert with the Citizens Council on Health Care, via Data Practices requests.

Here is the University's newborn screening contract and the Mayo's [PDFs]. Fans of cellular rights might find the parts on the State apparently owning their chromosomes a bit profound! [PIM combined all of Hansen's PDFs, now searchable via OCR...]

Here's a nifty story I did for Politics in Minnesota based on the docs about Minnesota's mostly-mandatory infant DNA screening program. It turns out that the State owns the DNA intellectual property rights but the Mayo owns the derivative works, according to the contract. Who knew?

The original headline was "Freedom of consent, total galactose & intellectual property: Minnesota's infant DNA Mayo-Gopher industrial complex". see
http://www.politicsinminnesota.com/2009/may29/3251/freedom-consent-total-galactose-intellectual-property-minnesotas-infant-dna-mayo-gop

Get 100 MB super-multifile-PDF here - OCR'd
http://www.politicsinminnesota.com/files/infant-dna-combined-doc.pdf

ledes:
A new round of documents obtained from the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) regarding the state's Newborn Screening Program (NBS) show interesting implications about the difference between its role catching certain dangerous genetic diseases, and the various genetic research and testing programs that the samples ultimately get sent to. There's quite a difference between the "trip-wire" disease screening program and the DNA studies; the role of DNA research as intellectual property suddenly pops up.

The study project authorizations approved by the Department of Health involve DNA research; critics of the policies around the newborn DNA samples want to know what happens to all the genetic data, and who might profit from it. Two big players around here, the Mayo Clinic and the University of Minnesota, do work on the blood samples. The operative contracts, which include defining the "intellectual property" of what could almost be called the "derivative works" of newborn DNA, of the U of M and Mayo were obtained by lawyer Nathan Hansen, working in concert with the Citizens Council on Health Care, via Data Practices requests.

Here is the University's newborn screening contract and the Mayo's [PDFs]. Fans of cellular rights might find the parts on the State apparently owning their chromosomes a bit profound! [PIM combined all of Hansen's PDFs, now searchable via OCR...]

Hiyo, i posted below the deeper stuff behind the Texas operation
http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1128199&cid=26859903
long story short, in MN they want to extend to us this RFID based tracking system, and all the docs got wrenched out of the bureaucracy. 700 pages explaining exactly how this total tracking platform would work. story here
http://www.politicsinminnesota.com/2008/aug/19/now-searchable-mndot-nasco-nafta-superhighway-document-stash
PDF (searchable OCR) here
http://www.politicsinminnesota.com/files/nasco-documents-ocr.pdf
Please check this out - thanks

Hiyo, i posted below the deeper stuff behind the Texas operation
http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1128199&cid=26859903
long story short, in MN they want to extend to us this RFID based tracking system, and all the docs got wrenched out of the bureaucracy. 700 pages explaining exactly how this total tracking platform would work. story here
http://www.politicsinminnesota.com/2008/aug/19/now-searchable-mndot-nasco-nafta-superhighway-document-stash
PDF (searchable OCR) here
http://www.politicsinminnesota.com/files/nasco-documents-ocr.pdf
Please check this out - thanks

OK so you guys should check this out - Lockheed Martin is attempting to build an RFID-centered tracking system on I-35 and I94 called NAFTRACS under the NASCO (north american super corridor coaltion) nonprofit 'front company' aka 'systems integrator' or super-contractor. this system entails dozens of RFID data collection points and the cosntruction of "total transportation domain awareness centers of excellence" (really!) which would integrate all this information.

The whole thing got exposed via Minnesota Data Practices Act @ the MnDOT - it is an extension of the CINTRA 'NAFTA superhighway' in Texas.

This surfaced in my day job - we have 700 pages that spell out everything from PR emails to the grant applications to the whole damn design of the system.

Check it out yourself. As i like to say, "these are the droids you're looking for!" Obviously such a system can be extended to provide total big brother tracking and a mileage tax, as well as competitive advantage for Lockheed, which announced they would resell the shipping data as marketable information (Walmart subscribes to its competitors supply chain dataflow).

VERY big - please pass the word - its a perfect example of the domesticization of military industrial tracking systems (actually a clone of Lockheeds military container tracking sytem Global Transport Network etc). READ this stuff (I even OCR'd it)
http://www.politicsinminnesota.com/2008/aug/19/now-searchable-mndot-nasco-nafta-superhighway-document-stash
43 MB PDF searchable! http://www.politicsinminnesota.com/files/nasco-documents-ocr.pdf

OK so you guys should check this out - Lockheed Martin is attempting to build an RFID-centered tracking system on I-35 and I94 called NAFTRACS under the NASCO (north american super corridor coaltion) nonprofit 'front company' aka 'systems integrator' or super-contractor. this system entails dozens of RFID data collection points and the cosntruction of "total transportation domain awareness centers of excellence" (really!) which would integrate all this information.

The whole thing got exposed via Minnesota Data Practices Act @ the MnDOT - it is an extension of the CINTRA 'NAFTA superhighway' in Texas.

This surfaced in my day job - we have 700 pages that spell out everything from PR emails to the grant applications to the whole damn design of the system.

Check it out yourself. As i like to say, "these are the droids you're looking for!" Obviously such a system can be extended to provide total big brother tracking and a mileage tax, as well as competitive advantage for Lockheed, which announced they would resell the shipping data as marketable information (Walmart subscribes to its competitors supply chain dataflow).

VERY big - please pass the word - its a perfect example of the domesticization of military industrial tracking systems (actually a clone of Lockheeds military container tracking sytem Global Transport Network etc). READ this stuff (I even OCR'd it)
http://www.politicsinminnesota.com/2008/aug/19/now-searchable-mndot-nasco-nafta-superhighway-document-stash
43 MB PDF searchable! http://www.politicsinminnesota.com/files/nasco-documents-ocr.pdf

I should also supply a link to my fox news neocon website showing all this propaganda
http://politicsinminnesota.com/2008/aug/30/authorities-seize-weapons-equipment-and-urine-pre-rnc-raids-5-arrested
or
http://www.startribune.com/politics/27695244.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUnciatkEP7DhUsr

I'm not sure what peaceful demonstrators need with a 5 gallons worth of urine, gas masks and home made caltrop to disable buses.