Virginia Court Rules Galen Baughman a Sexually Violent Predator
A few weeks ago, our weekly update concerned Galen Baughman, a reform advocate who was facing trial to determine whether he would be labeled a sexually violent predator and civilly committed. The below is an excerpt from a message Galen’s mom sent to his supporters sharing the unfortunate news.
I wanted to share a message Phil Fornaci sent out recently regarding the outcome of Galen’s second prosecution under Virginia’s “Civil Commitment of Sexually Violent Predator’s Act”.
Yesterday, an Arlington County jury ruled that Galen Baughman is a sexually violent predator (SVP), despite the lack of any evidence to support such a claim. This is a horrible result not only for Galen but for all people accused of similar fake offenses. Notably:
- Despite the state’s own psychologist finding Galen was not a SVP, Attorney General Mark Herring hired his own hack psychologist, Michelle Sjolinder, to testify otherwise. She never met Galen, nor interviewed anyone involved. She read paper records and found “beyond a reasonable doubt” that he is an SVP, “diagnosing” him with a narcissistic personality disorder.
- The jury was not allowed to know that he had already been found NOT to be a SVP by another jury seven years ago.
- Galen has had not a single accusation or charge against him, or even a minor disciplinary infraction while jailed, in that time.
- He has never been charged with a crime of violence. His convictions occurred before his 20th birthday.
The Arlington County Detention Facility immediately placed Galen in protective custody after the jury’s verdict, against Galen’s wishes. Next up, Galen will have a conditional release hearing on December 4th where Judge Daniel Fiore, II will decide whether to release Galen or commit him to the gulag in down state Virginia. We don’t have much hope that Fiore will let Galen out given the totality of his judicial rulings in this matter
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This is beyond outrage to indefinitely detain a United States Citizen with no criminal charges!
This must stop (by any means!)
I don’t even know what to say. My god, will we ever advance as a society?
Sounds like Fla’s Kangroo Courts! The judge threw out all Due process laws! Especially the right to present evidence on one’s behalf
This is a gross injustice! Hard to believe Virginia is as backwards as Floriduh. “Courtroom diagnosis” is a major problem in Floriduh. Once convicted of a “sex crime,” the court automatically determines you are a deviant and ordered to a “treatment” program.
It’s all about the money. I will never believe that judges do not get a kickback for all the poor souls they order to treatment. It’s all part of the FPIC [Floriduh Prison Industrial Complex].
what a crock of crap i hope everyone and their brother will be able to fight this clear injustice!
Is the State of Virginia a horrible place to live as a registered citizen?
Or did this individual anger the wrong people?
A bit of both, to be honest.
I live here in VA and I can say that it is a little of both. They do either 15 years or life (crazy stupid), minimal 500ft residency restrictions, no Halloween issues if you are off paper, annual compliance checks are plain clothes LE employees not cops… The list of less bad and bad can go on, but really every day is hard to live with the registry. 8 more years…