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GOVERNOR PAWLENTY PROPOSES TO MORE THAN DOUBLE SENTENCES FOR SEX OFFENDERS.
...to more than double prison time for sex offenders and a new comprehensive...proposal, an offender convicted of...receive a 25-year sentence, more than doubling...sentence. "Offenders who commit these...a ... |
 "Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)")
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House panel OKs tougher sex-offender sentences; The passage of the measure to...
...proposal to double the sentences for serious sex offenders got preliminary...recommended prison sentence for those...recommended sentence at a minimum...stringent sex offender laws, ... |
 "Cyprus Mail (Cyprus)")
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MP seeks to double sentences for child sex offenders.
...the punishment of child sex abuse offenders. According to the Chairman...tougher sentencing for sex crimes against adults, but no changes for child sex abuse offenders. "I...courts to impose tougher sentences." Nicolaou said ... |
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Sex offender faces double sentence; 12 years threat for failure to accept guilt
A CONVICTED sex offender was yesterday threatened...guilt. The extended sentence was welcomed by children...purpose of the extended sentence was to protect the public...will serve his whole sentence. That seems very sensible...The crimes which ... |
 "The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)")
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HIGH COURT UPHOLDS CONFINING SEX OFFENDERS BEYOND SENTENCE.(FRONT)
...federal court as double jeopardy. The...his criminal sentence 12 years ago...second criminal sentence. He was consequently...his original sentence, will remain...the jailing of sex offenders after their criminal ... |
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Repeat sex offender gets 40 years; After attacking his 10th victim, a man...
...off parole for a sex offense for less...the patterned sex offender statute, Anderson...the pattern sex offender statute focuses...deemed a Level 3 sex offender, which is the...as patterned ... |
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Pawlenty: Keep sex offenders in prison; The governor proposed doubling...
...STAFF WRITERS Sex offenders could...presumptive sentence go from 12 to...state's sex offender policy coordinator...lengthening prison sentences will have long...keeping sex offenders off the ... |
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THE NEW LIFE SENTENCE; A long-standing, thorny issue for Minnesota and the...
...legality of committing sex offenders to mental institutions...mostly nonviolent offenders for treatment before...to confine sex offenders beyond their prison sentences, the U.S. Supreme...not constitute ... |
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Appeal Court slashes prison sentence for high-risk sex offender
...slashed a prison sentence given to a high-risk sex offender who randomly...acceptable range of sentences under similar...then imposed a sentence as if it was...five-year sentence for Wright...was ... |
 "Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)")
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Are penalties lighter for female sex offenders? Officials say teacher's...
...accused of having sex with a 13-year...Calif., a judge sentences Melvin Brown...number of female offenders who have come through...were child sex offenders. Prevailing attitudes...feared a societal double standard if ... |
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