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Last Updated on Thursday, 31 January 2008 02:08 Written by rslcpol Thursday, 31 January 2008 12:30
Thank goodness the South Carolina state legislature is in solid, sane Repbublican control. If it was run by the Democrats, you’d see stories like this, and this written about sex offender laws are just too tough on these predators.
The state House, in a surprise move Wednesday morning, struck down one controversial provision of Jessica’s Law and altered another. Gone is the “mistake-of-age” defense, which prosecutors said could allow adult offenders to have sex with preteens and escape punishment if they could convince a jury they believed the child was older.
This entry was posted on Thursday, January 31st, 2008 at 12:30 pm and is filed under State Legislature News.
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