Sex offender registry board's failed motion to increase an offender's classification does not constitute a subsequent reclassification triggering Internet publication.
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Sex offender entitled to new classification hearing based on newly established clear and convincing evidence standard, applied retroactively to pending appeals.
SJC overrules prior precedent, holding that clear and convincing evidence is required to classify sex offenders by risk level due to changed circumstances.
Sex offender classification made over three years before release from confinement is presumptively stale and must be reconsidered at time closer to actual community reentry.
Sex offender's final classification must reflect current risk at time of actual discharge, not earliest possible release date. Classification years in advance based on stale evidence violates due process.
Sex offender classification examiner properly considered hearsay evidence from prison disciplinary records and police reports of acquitted conduct to classify Doe as level three.
Sex offender's claim that classification hearing was unreasonably premature is barred when not raised before the board. Affirmed.
Affirmed level three sex offender classification where offender targeted minor online, misrepresented age, and traveled to meet her despite no prior record.
Military court martial conviction under Article 134 incorporating federal child pornography statutes constitutes a "like violation" of Massachusetts sex offender registration law.
