A deranged pedophile who sexually abused four young children has been deemed a sexually violent predator by the state of Texas and sent to indefinite civil commitment following his release from prison.
James Edward Jarvis, 59, was sentenced in 1999 and 2000 for a string of violent sexual crimes committed across three counties in Texas. The seven total counts Jarvis was convicted for involved four victims under the age of 14.
For his crimes, which included aggravated sexual assault of a child and indecency with a child, Jarvis was sentenced to a total of 40 years in prison with the possibility of parole after 24 years.
Jarvis was released from prison early, but quickly hauled before a Galveston county court on a bench warrant for an evaluation of his status under the Texas Sexually Violent Predator Law.
According to the Law, a repeat sex offender may be subject to civil commitment “if a jury finds that the person has been convicted of more than one sexually violent offense; a sentence was imposed for at least one offense; and the person has a behavioral abnormality that makes the person likely to engage in an act of predatory sexual violence.”
During the hearing, multiple experts testified that Jarvis was a danger to the community and at high-risk of reoffending.
According to ABC13, Dr. Michael Arambula, a psychiatrist, told the court that Jarvis was “one of the worst” sex offenders he had ever seen. Special Prosecutor Marc Gault also argued to the jury that Jarvis’ pedophilia and antisocial personality traits were a dangerous combination that made him a high-risk sexual predator.
Despite his multiple convictions, Jarvis reportedly denied that he ever committed wrongdoing. He also declared that he now identifies as a “woman,” but his sex marker has not yet been updated in the Texas Department of Corrections system.
On Wednesday, a jury found that Jarvis met the requirements to be classified as a sexually violent predator, and he was ordered to civil commitment. Jarvis has now been placed in the custody of the Texas Civil Commitment Office for treatment at a special facility in Littlefield.
The controversial facility exists with the purported intention of rehabilitating serial sex offenders deemed too high-risk to be allowed to reintegrate into the community, but is often seen as a way for authorities to keep repeat sexual predators off the streets. Civil commitment is indefinite, but Jarvis is set to be re-evaluated every two years. He has the right to challenge the court for release at any time.
if Jarvis undergoes a legal gender change, he would be the only known “woman” deemed a sexually violent predator and civilly committed in the state of Texas.
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