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CA - Punishing sex criminals: a conversation with the author of Chelsea's Law

Original Article (Listen) 01/05/2011 By Rina Palta California sends about 2% of its imprisoned sex offenders to Coalinga State Hospital for rehabilitation, even after their sentences are complete. However, most sex offenders are released on parole once they've served their prison term. This system has been heavily criticized since registered sex offender John Gardner pled guilty to raping and killing two teenage girls a few years ago in Southern California. In the wake of those murders, Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher, a Republican from San Diego, introduced Chelsea's Law, a bill named after one of Gardner's victims, Chelsea King. The bill was signed into law last September and took effect immediately. Chelsea's Law does a few things. It gives judges the option of sentencing someone to life without parole in the case of a forcible sex crime against a child...continue to full post

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