MA- Mass. court: board must weigh sex offender’s acts

6-5-2009 Massachusetts:

The Massachusetts Appeals Court has ruled the state must weigh the entirety of a sex offender’s life, including what role alcohol might have played in the original crime, when determining if he must register as an offender indefinitely.

The case involves a man convicted of assault with intent to rape in 1984 after leaving a Quincy bar. Since then the man, not identified in court papers, has given up drinking and stayed out of trouble.

The Sex Offender Registry Board argued the man should continue to register as a level one sex offender, but the man argued he no longer poses a risk.

The court ordered the board to reconsider their decision, taking into account the man’s life since his arrest, before determining that he is still a risk. ..Source.. by Boston Herald.com