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• NO PLEA BARGAINING IN ANY SEX CRIME CASE
• LEGISLATION REQUIRING ELECTRONIC MONITORING FOR CONVICTED CHILD SEX OFFENDERS
• AUTOMATIC 25-LIFE SENTENCE FOR SEX CRIMES AGAINST A 6 YR OLD CHILD OR YOUNGER
• A MINIMUM 25 YEAR SENTENCE FOR ANY SEX CRIME
• AUTOMATIC LIFE/DEATH SENTENCE IF THE CRIME RESULTS IN THE DEATH OF A CHILD
• PRISON TIME IS TO BE SERVED DAY FOR DAY (no good time allowed)

Long mandatory sentences for child sex offenders are the most effective for the following reasons:

1.  Mandatory sentences increase the severity of punishment, and act as a deterrent to crimes, likely reducing the number of sexual crimes against children.
2. Mandatory sentences are a direct and immediate measure to prevent another crime from occurring. Kept away from the general population,    sex offenders cannot commit another sex offense against a child during their prison term.
3. Longer prison sentences reduce the substantial burden placed on law enforcement to keep track of an increasing number of offenders.
4. A high recidivism rate among sex offenders merits tougher penalties to prevent the all-too-common re-offense. Convicted sex offenders are four times more likely than other criminals to be rearrested for a sex crime, according to a 2003 study by the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS). That statistic probably understates the risk of recidivism as it compares convicted sex offenders with other criminals rather than the general population, it examines only one-time sex offenders instead of the two-time offenders who are more likely still to repeat the crime, and it counts only re-arrests as repeat offenses, when others may have committed sex crimes without detection.

Of the released sex offenders who commit repeat offenses, forty percent perpetrated the new offense within one year of their prison discharge, and the majority of the children they molested after leaving prison were age thirteen or younger, according to BJS.

For all of these reason, we ask for your leadership on ensuring Trinity's Law is passed in the upcoming legislative session.

I have a cause to see changes made in the laws of this country concerning Sex Crimes against children so that what happened in my granddaughter's Aggravated Sexual Assault of Child case will not ever happen to another family in that the perpetrator virtually got off Scott free! I have vowed to not rest until laws are changed concerning sex crimes especially against children, right here in my city first and then across this nation.

When it comes to Sex Crimes against a children, our children for far too long have been placed on the back burner by our law makers and the court systems and this MUST CHANGE! Our mission is to protect the children of this country. MAP is a group that desires to reach out to as many schools, daycare facilities, churches and other entities and organizations as we can to speak to children, teens, young adults and others to educate about this very sensitive but prevalent topic. We are in support of tougher laws on Sex Crimes especially against children. We praise those that are bound for Capitol Hill to lobby for "Trinity's Law". Trinity's Law prohibits plea bargaining in any Sex Crime case and mandates a range of prison time and that time is to be served day for day.We will rejoice when changes are made in the way Sex Crimes against children are prosecuted in this country. We need a separate court for Child Sex Offenders which will require Judges and Prosecutors to be assigned to those courts. This way Child Sex Offenders are separated and their heinous crimes can be processed and handled adequately. Until this change in the justice system takes fruition, our children are not only prey to sexual predators but also our judicial system. Please join with those who fight the good fight to change the laws of this country related to Sex Crimes especially against children.


Please contact  Cherlyn Branch the Founder and Director of
MOTHERS AGAINST PEDOPHILES (MAP)

She also has a popular Live Talk Internet Radio Show "Ask Mother Roseberry"


P. O. BOX 381311
Duncanville, TX 75138-1311  

Email:            info@weremap.org

Landline:      (877) 295-5855
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To sign the petition please go to  www.weremap.org   and then click the link for Trinity's Law, and it lets you sign the petition electronically on that next page.  Thank you.