The
Commonwealth House Bill NO. 2, Rape Bill, will be increasing the minimum
sentence for a perpetrator. The current minimum sentence of a rapist is five
years. Kathryn Perdue, the patron of this bill, believes that the sentence
should be increased because the perpetrator was “mentally scared.” In the
chambers there was a lot of argument referring to the problem of overcrowding,
early releases on good behavior, and the fact that currently, the average
number of years a rapist gets sentenced to eleven years.
In the interview with the patron of
the bill, Kathryn Perdue, discussion centered around the hottest topic argued
in the chambers, which was the fact that currently a rapist can and will be
sentenced to a minimum of five years, but can be released early on parole for
good behavior. The patron said “if I was to redo the amendment I would still
increase the minimum sentencing of a rapist, but would also add an amendment to
secure that the rapist will follow through with his/ her minimum sentence of
ten years.”
Even with all the arguments, Kathryn was very happy this
morning to hear that her bill had been passed during the Commonwealth House
session.
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