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MN - Committee OKs tougher sex offender sentences

Original Article 03/17/2011 By Don Davis ST. PAUL -- An 8-year-old effort to keep sex offenders in jail longer began a new trek on Tuesday through the Minnesota Legislature. The House Public Safety and Crime Prevention Committee unanimously approved a proposal that would force many of the worst offenders to spend 60 years in prison, followed by a decade of supervised release. Those ?worst of the worst? sex offenders would serve twice the current sentences under the bill by Rep. Tony Cornish, R-Good Thunder. ?The public expects us to do something drastic with sex offenders,? Cornish said. A key to Cornish?s bill is that after someone is found guilty of a serious sexual assault, he could be sent to a second trial to determine whether a jury determines that he is a ?predatory sex offender...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues on March 17, 2011 (boomark / email).