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According to prosecutors, a Texas child molester, now nearing eligibility for parole, will not be released. They announced Friday that a jury had approved his transfer to a mental institution after he was released under a state law to keep mentally ill predators from the streets.
Robert Edmond Alexander was convicted in 1996 of aggravated sexual abuse of a child under 14. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to probation. In 2001, he attacked a 10-year old girl.
His probation on the first case was revoked, and he received concurrent 30-year sentences for both attacks, according to the Galveston County District Attorney’s Office.
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Court records reveal that he was also not registered as a sex offender, and had been previously charged for misdemeanor theft.
But he’s nearing eligibility for parole, and Assistant District Attorney Brent Haynes and Special Prosecutor Marc Gault argued for a civil commitment to a mental health facility following his release under the Texas Sexually Violent Predator Law.
Under the law, repeat offenders can be civilly committed if they’ve been convicted of more than one offense, have served at least one sentence and a jury finds they have “a behavioral abnormality” that makes another violent sexual offense likely.
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A psychologist, Dr. Darrel Turner, said that Alexander was diagnosed with pedophilic disorder. This is an anti-social personality disorder and impulse control disorder.
Jurors agreed with the argument that these disorders cause people to ignore the rights of others in order to pursue their own interests.
The combination “makes Alexander a sexually violent predator,” District Attorney Jack Roady’s office said in a statement. “Haynes acknowledged that Alexander does not look dangerous, but stated that is the exactly the kind of man little children would not be afraid of.”
Once committed, Alexander will be evaluated every two years for a chance of release, and he has a legal right to petition the court for release, according to Roady’s office.
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