SPOKANE, Wash. — The courtroom was full Thursday for a civil hearing that ended with South Hill rapist, Kevin Coe, ordered to be released. Neither side in the legal proceedings disputed his release.

Victims and their loved ones filled one side of the room, others joined virtually. Coe was not present in person.

Coe was accused of committing dozens of vicious sexual assaults from the late 1970's to early 1980's. After two criminal trials and convictions being thrown out due to inadmissible evidence, only a charge for one sexual attack remained. Coe served the maximum sentence for that assault.

After his time in prison was up, civil proceedings began in 2006. Coe was committed to McNeil Island for sexually violent predators. Due to his age and declining health, experts say he now longer f

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