In the film Minority Report , people were arrested and sentenced based on predictions that they were going to commit a specific crime at some future date, even though no crime had yet been committed. This scenario is similar to what type of proceeding that mental patients experience in the United States today?

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Involuntary civil commitment is a legal process through which individuals who are deemed to be a danger to themselves or others due to mental illness can be detained and treated in a psychiatric facility against their will. This process is similar to the scenario in "Minority Report" where individuals are detained based on predictions of future harmful actions, rather than actions already committed.

In the Film Minority Report , People Were Arrested and Sentenced