Category Archive for : ‘JENNA S LAW’

December 22, 2020
GJ Sentinel

Clifton resident Gary Harding, 73, is accused of multiple counts of sexual assault on a child and received a $50,000 cash-only bond from Mesa County Court on Monday.
The charges stem from alleged incidents that occurred between Aug. 1, 2009, and Nov. 13, 2020, involving two separate juveniles, the Mesa County Sheriff’s Office reports.
Harding faces nine counts of sexual assault on a child, pattern of abuse and three counts of sexual assault on a child, position of trust, both class 3 felonies, and Jessica’s Law (a indeterminate sentence

December 3, 2020
Elizabeth Thompson
Dallas News

Sen. John Cornyn has ramped up pressure on a House chairman who has stalled his bill aimed at curbing child sex abuse, demanding that Education and Labor Chairman Rep. Bobby Scott of Virginia let the bill get a vote before time runs out this month.

The Senate gave unanimous approval in September to the bipartisan Jenna Quinn Law, introduced by the Texas Republican and Sen. Maggie Hassan, a New Hampshire Democrat.

Cornyn made the bill a centerpiece of his reelection campaign, and Quinn, a Texan who was

Jenna’s Law, named for 22 year old Jenna Greishaber of New York, ended parole for all violent felons.  It requires all violent felons to serve at least six-sevenths of their prison sentences.  It mandates sentences with set lengths.  It also subjects violent felons to post-release supervision of anywhere from 3-5 years or life for sex offenders. Jenna was a nursing student who was stabbed and bludgeoned to death in her Albany apartment.  Her killer, was a repeat, violent felon who recently had been paroled for the third time.