SUDER PROPOSES "INTERNET SEXUAL PREDATOR BILL"
Thursday, January 26th, 2006 -- 2:12 PM
by Jackie Johnson, WRNPeople who prey on children over the Internet might face more jail time under a new proposal at the capitol. Sex crimes over the Internet is an epidemic, so says State Representative Scott Suder (R-Abbotsford). That's why he's pushing the Internet Sexual Predator Bill.
The Republican from Abbotsford says the proposal requires a mandatory minimum sentence of at least three years for possession and at least five years for distribution of child pornography. Suder says, in 2005 the FBI reported that online child sex cases increased by over 2000% since 1996.
Suder admits it'll cost money to keep these predators behind bars, but the convicted offenders would be fined under the measure. Most of that money would go to the Department of Justice -- for those who track such predators, and the Children's Trust Fund -- to help victims.
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