Category Archive for : ‘JESSICA LUNSFORD ACT’

A convicted rapist likely serves less than 3 years in prison.  A convicted sexual abuser spends about a year and a half in prison and a sexual offender convicted of a lesser felony likely sees less than 6 months in prison.  Under new proposals from Gov. George Pataki, the time served as a result of plea bargains and other factors would change.  Sentences would

increase to as much as 25 years to life and life in prison without the chance of parole.  The minimum sentence for conviction of a sex

Jessica Lunsford Act – Criminal History Sharing Among School Districts

FDLE was asked by the Legislature to implement a system to allow for criminal historyinformation provided to a school district to be shared with other school districts. This system hasbeen developed by FDLE and was made available to school districts on September 30. The system wasdeveloped in order to give the districts an automated option for sharing criminal historyinformation with other school districts. However, school districts are not mandated to use thissystem and may have other local policy that applies.

The Law:

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Governor Jeb Bush yesterday signed a law 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 Florida one of the toughest child-sex laws in the nation.  The Jessica Lunsford Act was quickly drafted after Jessica’s death was discovered in March, and was pushed through by lawmakers outraged that the man accused of killing her was a registered sex offender.  It passed both the Senate and House unanimously.  The law requires sentences