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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