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Updated: 11:12 AM Nov 5, 2009
State Officials Work on Tightning Sex Offender Laws
The next Alabama legislative session is just months away and among all the bills to hit the floor there will be some designed to protect children in the state. Attorney General Troy king would like to see sex offenders and child pornographers get hit with tougher penalties.
Posted: 5:14 PM Nov 4, 2009Reporter: Rhiana Huckins Email Address: rhiana@wtvy.com |
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Alabama Attorney General Troy King has the job of defending the entire state.
Part of that means protecting children and throwing sex offenders behind bars.
"We've done a good job of restricting where they can live, where they can work, we have failed though to regulate them on the internet sufficiently" said Attorney General Troy King, (R) Alabama.
That's why King asked Senator Harri Anne smith to sponsor a bill.
The legislation could punish anyone e-mailing child porn and require sex offenders to provide their internet contact information to authorities.
“If you are a child pornographer and you forward an E-mail to someone, you can't be charged. I can't believe that" said Sen. Smith.
But the fight doesn't stop there.
Under existing law, a plea of no contest cannot be used as a plea to a criminal charge.
That means certain offenses from other states don't apply to Alabama.
"If you have pleaded no contest in another state for a crime and you are charged in the state of Alabama, we can't use your past record in Alabama. I don't think its right that criminals can do crimes in other states and come to Alabama and get their record wiped clean," said Sen. Smith.
“People who prey on dozens and dozens and dozens of children are proof that these people are not able to be rehabilitated and need to be put where they cannot get to our kids," said AG King.
Draft versions of these two bills are currently being worked on.
They are expected to go before the House and the Senate, in January.
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