More from KUOW Government Why Some Convicted Sex Offenders Never Get Released KUOW | By Andy Hurst, Marcie Sillman Published June 23, 2014 at 2:17 PM AKDT Twitter LinkedIn Email Listen • 7:15 Flickr Photo/Leonard Chien (Cc-BY-NC-ND) Marcie Sillman talks with King County public defender Virginia Faller about Washington state's civil commitment laws.