Key Provisions Of New California law

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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.
ENSURES SEX OFFENDERS SERVE THEIR FULL SENTENCE
Eliminates good-time and work-time credits for sex

offenders.
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.
STRENGTHENS SEXUALLY VIOLENT PREDATOR PROGRAM
Creates an indeterminate term of commitment to keep

sexually violent predators away from our communities.o 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.
PREDATOR-FREE ZONES
Prohibits registered sex offenders from living within2,000 feet of any school or park.
Allows local governments to include additional sites

they deem appropriate, such as a water park.
INCREASES PENALTIES FOR POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
Allows possession of child pornography to be prosecuted

as a felony.
PROTECTS CHILDREN FROM INTERNET PREDATORS
Allows law-enforcement to act as decoys in order to

engage and capture Internet predators.
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.
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 3-5years for various sex offenses).