State Sets Tougher Law for Child Molestation
Spurred by the killing of a 9-year-old girl, Gov. Jeb Bush signed a law in Tallahassee imposing tougher penalties on child molesters and requiring many of those released from prison to wear satellite tracking devices for the rest of their lives.
The measure gives the state one of the nation’s toughest laws on sex crimes against children.
The law establishes a mandatory sentence of 25 years to life behind bars for people convicted of certain sex crimes against children 11 and younger, with lifetime tracking by global positioning satellite after they are released.
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