Judges say he is 'committed to change'; others insist he should remain locked up.
Thomas R. Duvall, a serial rapist who has spent the past 30 years locked up for a series of violent sexual assaults in the 1970s and 1980s, has been approved for conditional release from the Minnesota Sex Offender Program (MSOP).
In a decision Monday, a panel of state judges approved Duvall’s petition for provisional discharge, ruling that his progress in treatment outweighs his “fearful diagnosis” as a sexual sadist. ..Continued..
