New Hampshire is one of 10 states that allow people to change their names while incarcerated
FILE - Peter Dushame, 33, of North Andover, Mass., center, is lead out of Nashua District Court in Nashua, N.H. on Oct. 3, 1989, after his arraignment on a negligent homicide charge. Dushame, who was found guilty of manslaughter, earned a master's degree in counseling psychology and changed his name to Peter Stone while in prison, and was released in 2002. In July 2021, he was arrested on charges he sexually assaulted a woman he was counseling in North Conway, N.H.
Two years later, he legally changed his name from Peter Dushame to Peter Stone. He was released from prison in 2002 and eventually set up shop as a licensed drug and alcohol counselor in North Conway. “It was almost comical,” she told the AP, which generally does not name people who allege sexual assault. “Except that it was terrible.”Laws related to name changes differ across the country. While 26 states have no restrictions on name changes after felony convictions, 15 have bans or temporary waiting periods for those convicted of certain crimes, according to the ACLU in Illinois, which has one of the most restrictive laws.
Stone's former client said uncovering his past made her angry, at both Stone and the state, which she believes should not have licensed him as a therapist under his new name. According to court documents, he told investigators that the woman fondled him on one occasion, but that he didn’t know how his DNA ended up on her shirt. The state issued an emergency order suspending his counseling license in December 2017, and he voluntarily surrendered it four months later while denying the allegations.
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