 | MANDATORY MINIMUM SENTENCES - 15 to 25 years to life
 | Ensures California has a mandatory minimum of 15 years to life for any offender that rapes a child under the age of 14. |
| For every convicted forcible sex act, the offender will
receive consecutive, full-term sentences. (For example, if an offender molests the same child three times, in the span of several
hours, the offender will receive 45 years to life or 3 consecutive
sentences). |
| Ensures all egregious sex offenders serve at least 25
years by closing loophole in California law that allows judges to reduce sentences. |
| Adds more crimes like continuous sexual abuse of a child to be charged 15-25 years to life. |
| Adds the crime of kidnapping with the intent to commit a forcible sex crime and adds burglary with the intent to commit a
forcible sex crime to the mandatory minimum sentencing of life with
the possibility of parole.
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| ENSURES SEX OFFENDERS SERVE THEIR FULL SENTENCE
| Eliminates good-time and work-time credits for sex
offenders.
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| ELECTRONICALLY MONITORS SEX OFFENDERS FOR LIFE -- GPS
| Requires registered felony convicted sex offenders to
wear a GPS tracking device for life. |
| Requires offenders to pay for their own GPS equipment, if they are financially able.
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| STRENGTHENS SEXUALLY VIOLENT PREDATOR PROGRAM
| Creates an indeterminate term of commitment to keep
sexually violent predators away from our communities. |
| Reduce the number of predicate sexually violent crimes from 2 to 1. |
| Requires SVP's parole period to begin discharge from the state hospital. |
| Add continuous sexual abuse of a child and the attempt to commit qualifying SVP crimes to the list of offenses that qualify
for sexually violent crime designations.
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| PREDATOR-FREE ZONES
| Prohibits registered sex offenders from living within
2,000 feet of any school or park. |
| Allows local governments to include additional sites
they deem appropriate, such as a water park.
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| INCREASES PENALTIES FOR POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
| Allows possession of child pornography to be prosecuted as a felony.
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| PROTECTS CHILDREN FROM INTERNET PREDATORS
| Allows law-enforcement to act as decoys in order to
engage and capture Internet predators.
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| CRACKS DOWN ON RAPISTS THAT DRUG THEIR VICTIMS
| Imposes an additional 5-year prison term for persons who drug their victims in the commission of specified sexual crimes,
such as rape.
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| INCREASES PAROLE TERMS
| Provides for parole terms of up to 10 years for the most heinous sex offenses (current law provides for parole terms from 3-5
years for various sex offenses). |
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