COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) - A central Missouri man with convictions of child molestation and child pornography possession has been declared a predator and likely will spend the rest of his life incarcerated.
The Columbia Daily Tribune (https://bit.ly/2l9uJK8 ) reports a Boone County jury on Friday found 34-year-old Adam Derby to be a sexually violent predator. That’s despite Derby’s insistence he’s no threat.
That determination was under a 1999 state law that lets the state civilly commit those deemed such predators to the Missouri Department of Mental Health.
Derby served seven years of a 15-year sentence for his latest child pornography conviction and was paroled a year ago.
Derby’s attorney heads the Missouri State Public Defender Office’s Civil Defense Unit. Amy Clay says Derby will be in the state’s custody the rest of his life.
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Information from: Columbia Daily Tribune, https://www.columbiatribune.com
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