California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Wilmot v. Contra Costa Cnty. Employees' Ret. Ass'n, 275 Cal.Rptr.3d 52, 60 Cal.App.5th 631 (Cal. App. 2021):
punishment for section 7522.72, one which does serve a legitimate nonpunitive end. "The Act's rational connection to a nonpunitive purpose is a most significant factor in our determination that the statute's effects are not punitive." ( Smith v. Doe , supra , 538 U.S. 84, 102, 123 S.Ct. 1140.)
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