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William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

Journal

2007

Due Process of Law

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Be They Fish Or Not Fish: The Fishy Registration Of Nonsexual Offenders, Ofer Raban Dec 2007

Be They Fish Or Not Fish: The Fishy Registration Of Nonsexual Offenders, Ofer Raban

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

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A Child's Right: What Should The State Be Required To Provide To Teenagers Aging Out Of Foster Care, Katherine M. Swift Apr 2007

A Child's Right: What Should The State Be Required To Provide To Teenagers Aging Out Of Foster Care, Katherine M. Swift

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

Teenagers aging out of foster care face harms that can be traced to their lack of preparation for adulthood. This Article argues that teenagers in foster care have a substantive due process right to services not only while they are in state custody but also after they age out of care. The lower federal courts have interpreted the Supreme Court's decision in DeShaney v. Winnebago County Department of Social Services to mean that foster children-like prisoners and mentally retarded people held in state custody-have a substantive due process right to personal safety. What the courts have not considered is how …