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Massachusetts Officials Want to Give Jury a Bigger Role in Dangerous Sex Offender Trials

By Altman & Altman

In Massachusetts, state officials filed legislation that would allow prosecutors to demand that a jury rule on whether a sex offender is considered dangerous. Massachusetts law currently mandates that a sexually dangerous individual be civilly committed anywhere from 1 day up to the rest of his or her life at the Massachusetts Treatment Center in Bridgewater. Last week, Corey Saunders, 26, was arrested for allegedly raping a 6-year-old boy at the New Bedford Library after luring the boy into the magazine racks. The boy?s mother was nearby, using a computer. Saunders had already served four years in prison for the attempted rape of a 7-year-old boy in a foster home where Saunders had been placed. He was released in December 2006 even though three psychologists and prosecutors had said he was too dangerous to set free...continue to full post

Full post as published by Boston Criminal lawyer Blog on February 08, 2008 (boomark / email).