Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 7/5/2002

Commonwealth v. McLeod

Citations

437 Mass. 286
771 N.E.2d 142
2002 Mass. LEXIS 415

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proceedings should be brought against persons who are about to be released into the community but who, because they are sexually dangerous, are likely to commit another sexual offense, and should not be released
\the requisite sexual offense conviction is not the basis for the commitment [rather it is mental condition]\ [emphasis in original]
a court must “not add words to a statute that the Legislature did not put there, either by inadvertent omission or by design”
court “will not add words to a statute that the Legislature did not put there”
court \will not add words to a statute that the Legislature did not put there\
\We will not add words to a statute that the Legislature did not put there ...\

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Judges: Spina

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