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Michigan state police rule out claim that Larry Nassar was removed from sex offender registry

Eaton county prosecuting attorney’s office had said court ruling forced removal of Nassar’s name – but he wasn’t on list because he was imprisoned out of state Michigan has removed more than 20,000 entries from its sex offender registry, but convicted serial abuser Larry Nassar is not one of them –

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Both outlets focus on the Michigan registry ruling and its effect on Larry Nassar, with the Washington Post and Fox News each foregrounding his removal from the public database. The Washington Post also emphasizes that the state struck 20,000 names from the registry after the court ruling, a detail absent from Fox News. Fox News alone specifies that the state Supreme Court barred retroactive application of registry laws.

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