Michigan decision forces removal of disgraced sports doctor Larry Nassar from sex offender registry

Larry Nassar, the disgraced former sports physician convicted of sexually abusing hundreds of young female athletes, has been removed from the Michigan Sex Offender Registry.

The development, confirmed by the Eaton County Prosecutor’s Office on Thursday, is the result of a recent Michigan Supreme Court decision regarding the state's registry laws. Nassar is one of more than 20,000 individuals whose names were recently purged from the Michigan State Police database.

On September 9,...