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sexual

  • ffense

and was determined

to

be incompetent

to stand

trial

and

who

suffers

from a mental

abnormality

  • r

personality disorder

which makes such

person

likely to

engage in sexual

  • ffenses

if

not confined to

a

secure

facility,

  • r

(iii)

previously adjudicated as

such

by a

court

  • f

the

commonwealth and

whose

misconduct in sexual matters

indicates

a

general lack

  • f

power

to

control

his sexual impulses, as

evidenced

by

repetitive

  • r

compulsive sexual

misconduct

by

either violence against

any

victim,

  • r

aggression against

any victim under

the age

  • f

16

years,

and

who,

as

a

result, is likely

to attack

  • x
  • therwise

inflict

injury

  • n

such victims because

  • f

his uncontrolled

  • r

uncontrollable

desires."

The

iaw

defines

"mental abnormality" as

"a

congenital

  • r

acquired

condition

  • f

a

person

that affects the.

emotional

  • r

volitional capacity

  • f

the

person

in

a manner

that predisposes that

person to the commission

  • f

criminal sexual acts to

a

degree

that

makes

the person

a menace

to the health

and

safety

  • f
  • ther

persons." The

law

defines "personality disorder" as

"a

congenital

  • r

acquired

physical condition

  • r

mental condition

that results in

a

general lack

  • f

power

to control sexual impulses."

The

term "sexual

  • ffense"

includes

a number

  • f

crimes, such as

indecent assault

and

battery

  • n

a

child

under 14, indecent

assault

and

battery

  • n

a

mentally retarded person, rape, rape

  • f

a

child,

kidnapping,

enticing

a person

for prostitution

  • r

sexual intercourse, drugging

a

person for sexual

intercourse,

inducing

a

person under

18

into. prostitution,

  • pen

and

gross

lewdness

and

lascivious behavior, dissemination

  • f

matter harmful to

a

minor

to

a

minor, posing

a

child in

a

state

  • f

nudity,

and

possession

  • f

child

pornography.

Prosecution

Process

Six

months

before

an inmate

convicted

  • f

a

sexual

  • ffense

is

due

to

be

released, the Office receives notice

from

the

DOC,

HOC

and

Parole Board.

The

Office reviews materials to determine if the inmate

is

"likely"asexually

dangerous

  • person. If

making

this determination, this Office

reviews the

facts

  • f

the sexual

  • ffense

crime,

any sex

  • ffender

treatment records, risk

and

protective

factors,

any

disciplinary reports

  • f

the inmate while incarcerated,

and

the inmate's version

  • f

the sexual

  • ffense
  • crime. If

the Office determines

after

review

that the

inmate

is

"likely"asexually dangerous person,

a

petition is filed

in Superior Court

setting

  • ut

sufficient facts to

support the

allegation.

Pursuant

to

G.L.

c.

123A,

§

12(c), (d), the

person

named

in the

petition is entitled to

a

probable cause hearing before

a

Superior Court Justice to

determine

whether the case should proceed to

  • trial. At

the hearing, the person

has

the right to

be

represented

by

counsel, to present evidence, to cross-

examine

witnesses,

and

to

view and copy

all petitions

and

reports in the court

f

ile.

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SLIDE 3

If the Court finds probable cause that the person

is

a

sexually

dangerous

person,

he

is

committed

to the Massachusetts

Treatment Center for

a period

  • f

up

to

60

days for examination and

  • diagnosis. Two

"qualified

examiners,"

defined in

G.L.

c.

123A,

§

1, are appointed for

this

  • purpose. The

person named

in the

petition

has the

right to counsel,

and counsel

is

appointed

f

  • r

indigent

  • persons. The

person

named

in the

petition

may

retain his

  • wn

expert(s).

I

f

  • ne
  • r

both

  • f

the qualified examiners find that the person

is

a

sexually dangerous person, the

Commonwealth

may

file

a

trial

petition

pursuant

to

G.L.

c.

123A,

§

  • 14. The

person

named

in the

trial

petition is

entitled

to counsel,

which

is

appointed for indigent persons,

and

to retain

  • experts. The

trial may

be

before

a

judge

  • r

a

jury,

which must

fmd

"

unanimously and beyond

a

reasonable doubt that the person

named

in the

petition

is

a

sexually dangerous person." Upon

such a

finding, the person

is

committed

to the Massachusetts

Treatment Center

for

  • ne

day

to

life.

A person

found

to

be a

sexually dangerous person

may

appeal that

f

  • inding. The

person

is

also entitled to

file

a

petition for

examination and

discharge

pursuant to G.L.

c.

123A, §

9

  • nce

every twelve months. In

addition,

the

DOC

may

file a

discharge petition if

it

believes that

a

person

is

no

longer

a

sexually dangerous

  • person. Under

§

9,

a

petitioner

has the

right to

a speedy

hearing before

a

Superior Court

  • Justice. A

petition is

examined by

two qualified

  • examiners. Unless

the

trier

  • f

fact

concludes that such person

remains

a

sexually dangerous person,

it

"shall

  • rder

such person

to

be discharged from

the treatment center."

Cases

Handled by

the Middlesex

District

Attorney's Office

The

Middlesex

District

Attorney's Office handles

a

substantial

number

  • f

Sexually

Dangerous Persons

  • cases. Between

November 1999

and January

2

015,

the Office reviewed 2,132

referrals

for

  • prosecution. Of

those cases,

probable

cause

petitions

were

filed

in

114

  • cases. Of

these,

no

probable cause

was

found

in

2

  • cases. In

the cases that proceeded to

trial,

23

persons

were

f

  • und

not to be

sexually dangerous persons;

36

persons were found to be sexually dangerous persons; and

52

trial

petitions

were

  • withdrawn. As
  • f

January

2015,

the Office

had

4

sexually dangerous persons cases pending.

Please

feel free to contact

me

with

any

questions regarding this

Office's

handling

  • f

Sexually

Dangerous Persons

matters.

Sincerely,

i ~~~`'e Marian

T.

Ryan

District

Attorney

Middlesex

County