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Paul Martin Andrews was thirteen when a seasoned pedophile used a common lure to convince the boy to get into his van on January 10, 1973.
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As lawyers argued over civil-commitment case procedure yesterday at the state Supreme Court, Paul Martin Andrews watched with a very personal interest. Andrews was instrumental in getting the 2003 General Assembly to fund the law, which allows for the institutional incarceration of some sex offenders after they've completed their prison sentences.