We will have a chance to tell adults that if they sexually assault a child under 12 years old, they will go to jail for at least 25 years. Sexual crimes against a child under 12 will require a mandatory sentence with no probation, no home confinement, and no alternative sentencing if there was force, a predatory act, weapon, or kidnapping involved in the crime.
Sexual offenders on probation will be subject to electronic monitoring including the possibility of GPS monitoring paid for by the criminal. Any sexual predator sentenced to mandatory 10 year supervision will be prohibited from living or working within 1,000 feet of a school or daycare facility.
We must pass this legislation now, in an effort to prevent pedophiles from further victimizing our children.
Delegate Cindy Frich
R-Monongalia Morgantown