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Committee OKs tougher sex offender sentences

By "eAdvocate"

Important to note, they have to reach back into time -8 years- to even find a case which fits what they want the bill to do. Is this bill, which will add millions to each years prison budget, and court costs for extra trial (the trial would determine if the extra punishment fits, so everyone is given this trial), really worth it since the event is so rare? 3-23-2011 Minnesota: 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...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues, News, Recidivism and Studies on March 23, 2011 (boomark / email).