Quote Originally Posted by Irving View Post
Excuse me. Convicted was definitely the word I was looking for. So, are there instances where people convicted of a sex offense against a child who is fourteen or under, are NOT sentenced?

Is this law asking for mandatory sentencing, or higher penalties? I'm okay with increasing penalties by changing current law.
Yes, this bill only asked to revise current Colorado Revised Statutes regarding sex crimes so that the minimum sentence was harsher. Currently the minimum are as low as 2 years.

I don't know about Colorado but there have been many instances of criminals convicted of sex crimes, that were only given probation or very short jail terms, who went on to hurt kids again. That is why 44 states have some version of this so-called Jessica's law that requires a steep minimum sentence for child sex crimes.