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Louisiana getting even crazier about sex offender sanctions

By Douglas A. Berman

As detailed in this AP article, the folks in the bayou region cannot get enough of getting tough with sex offenders: Masking at Halloween or Mardi Gras could become a forbidden tradition in Louisiana for people convicted of sex offenses under one bill approved Monday by a state Senate committee, and castration could become a sentencing option in some sex cases under another measure approved by the panel. Sen. Nick Gautreaux, D-Meaux, sponsored the bills, both of which go next to the full Senate for debate later in the legislative session. Also Monday, the Senate was set to discuss a separate package of bills, backed by Gov. Bobby Jindal, that would raise the minimum jail sentence for molestation of a juvenile from one to five years and require such convicts to register with the state as sex offenders for life, instead of the current 15 years...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on April 08, 2008 (boomark / email).