Leroy Hendricks was convicted with five convictions for molesting children. Hendrick served 10 years of his sentence and then was released from prison because Kansas filed a petition under the Sexually Violent Predator Act in state court to involuntarily commit Hendrick. The State of Kansas passed the SVPA to allow prosecutors to pursue Hendrick’s civil commitment of individuals likely to engage in “predatory acts of sexual violence.”Hendrick was diagnosed pedophile and did not believe that he can be successfully treated.The jury decided that Hendrick qualified as a sexually violent predator.Hendricks appealed and argued that his due process rights, protection against double jeopardy, and the prohibition upon ex-post facto laws were violated.The
