This weeks episode dives into a decision out of Massachusetts that is poised to release a man convicted over 40 years ago, and has since been civilly committed. This is a fascinating legal read and Larry gives us the run down.

We begin however with the important news items related to the registry starting with a listener question regarding registrants using Facebook and other social media; Then an article from The Atlantic which talks about law enforcement not being particularly happy about being profiled by computers, but are happy to use the tool themselves; A registrant in California who did not commit a sexual offense, but is on the registry; A bill in Louisiana could make it a crime for defense attorneys to do their job; Some legal theory behind our two newest SCOTUS justices; More bills are being passed extending statute of limitations; SCOTUS justices are defending the recent inconsistent decisions to stop / allow executions to move forward; Professor that stepped up to help Harvey Weinstein removed from deanship; Oklahoma house passes a pretty large criminal justice reform bill; And finally, Larry goes into detail about the man being released from civil commitment

[16:50] https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2019/05/how-machine-learning-can-help-prevent-police-shootings/588937/

[21:35] https://theappeal.org/simon-liu-isnt-a-sex-offender-but-hes-still-on-the-registry-for-life/

[29:30] https://theappeal.org/louisiana-bill-could-jail-defense-attorneys-for-doing-their-jobs/

[34:20] https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/12/us/politics/brett-kavanaugh-neil-gorsuch.html

[39:15] https://www.policemag.com/512730/or-supreme-court-rules-police-cant-take-suspects-garbage-without-a-warrant

[44:00] https://www.law.com/njlawjournal/2019/05/13/bill-easing-time-limits-on-sex-offense-civil-suits-signed-by-murphy/

[47:25] https://www.npr.org/2019/05/14/722868203/supreme-courts-conservatives-defend-their-handling-of-death-penalty-cases

[50:00] https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/11/us/harvard-law-professor-ronald-sullivan-loses-deanship-harvey-weinstein/index.html
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/05/harvard-ronald-sullivan-weinstein/589300/

[ 56:50] https://kfor.com/2019/05/16/oklahoma-house-passes-criminal-justice-reform-measure-to-apply-state-question-retroactively/amp/

[1:05:50] https://www.bostonherald.com/2019/05/16/sjc-rules-to-allow-petition-for-release-by-convicted-sex-offender/
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