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Article: Sex crime sentences revisited; Pataki proposes tougher measures, including minimum 25-year prison terms for abuse of children.(Main)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- January 24, 2006
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Byline: Associated Press
ALBANY - A convicted rapist likely serves less than three 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 six months in prison.
Under new proposals released Monday by Gov. George Pataki, those average lengths of 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 crime against a child would be 25 years.
Leading his package is a measure called ...