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Massachusetts Lawmakers Examine Bills Targeting Sex Offenders

By Altman & Altman

Massachusetts lawmakers are assessing a number of bills aimed to place harsher restrictions on sex offenders. Today?s Judiciary Committee meeting comes just a few weeks after Cory Saunders, a high-level sex offender. raped a 6-year-old boy at a New Bedford public library. Saunders was charged with indecent assault and battery on a child under 14 and the rape of a child by force. In 2001, he was convicted of assault and battery on a child and child rape . Issues tackled by the bills include: ? The Institution of mandatory prison sentences for sex offenders whose victims are younger than 12 years of age. ? The wider implementation of GPS monitoring devices to track sex offenders who are no longer in prison. ? Preventing sex offenders from working within 1,000 feet of a day care center, school, or childcare facility...continue to full post

Full post as published by Boston Criminal lawyer Blog on February 26, 2008 (boomark / email).