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By Corey Rayburnyung

A Michigan sex offender, who walked away from prison work detail 38 years ago, was arrested this week in Wisconsin.  The man was sentenced in 1968 to a term of five to ten years after a conviction for taking indecent liberties with a minor. A Public Defender has a post discussing a proposed change to the Connecticut Code of Evidence which "would permit a statement made by a child to be admissible in lieu of live testimony," if certain circumstances were met: 1) the court would have to find the statement trustworthy; 2) the statement was not made in preparation for litigation; and 3) the child either testifies and is subject to cross-examination or is otherwise unavailable.  The post notes the distributing nature of that third circumstance, as "unvailability does not mean physically unavailable; reluctance to testify qualifies...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Crimes on June 05, 2008 (boomark / email).