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Appeals court hears challenge over expert funds for offenders who were ‘emerging adults’
Summary
The Massachusetts Appeals Court heard arguments over whether the Sex Offender Registry Board must pay for an expert to explain how ‘‘emerging adulthood’’ should affect a registrant’s risk classification.
The Massachusetts Appeals Court on Oct. 12 heard oral argument in an impounded appeal challenging the Sex Offender Registry Board’s denial of money for an expert to assess whether ‘‘emerging adulthood’’ should reduce a registrant’s risk level.
Attorney Colin Caffrey, representing the appellant identified in the record as Doe 97,000, told the three-justice panel that his client committed his last offenses when he was an emerging adult and that scientific literature and Supreme Judicial Court decisions (Mathis and related precedent) show emerging adults have greater capacity for change. Caffrey said the hearing examiner…
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