Alaska Attorney General Michael Geraghty testified before lawmakers Friday to discuss the governor's sex crimes bill.
Geraghty told legislators he hoped his appearance would help convey the bill's importance. He spoke before the House Judiciary Committee on HB73.
The bill provides stiffer penalties for sex offenders, expands the tools that lawyers have at their disposal to prosecute those accused of sex crimes, and create harsher sentences.
The bill is supposed to address multiple gaps in the current statute, including one which a probation officer used his position to coerce women into sexual relationships.
Public Safety Commissioner Joe Masters also spoke in order to show his department's "steadfast commitment" to helping the governor combat domestic assault
Alaska Attorney General Testifies on Sex Crimes Bill
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Add / View comments | Discussion FAQSame old rehtoric. Talk is cheap bub. We have all hear this song and dance before.
did i read the bill correctly, it's gonna punish prostitutes as sex offenders? if that is so that is outrageous. also i don't like the restraining orders how they are put together when a person files a restraining order that is also titled sex offense. i had a false restraining order put on me by a person who had lied multiple times and when i presented this to the judge which was plain as day; the judge didn't even charge the accuser with a felony falsifying court documents, i still have the papers, and it's still in the court documents and i have filed a complaint with the judicial committy on this judges ethical misconduct because she was a female judge being biased. i don't like how they write up these bills to be passed lumping a bunch of other junk within it that ends up screwing the public over that has absolutely no clue about what is actually going on and it's slated right through the legislature. i think those that commit rape and molestation should be given life sentences first time around even if they are dumb enough to chase after jail bait. domestic violence is gonna happen no matter what kind of laws are put in place and incarcerating them won't give them the education they need to change the behavior and with the lack of tools to help incarcerated inmates it's not helping anyone who needs the help because there is no helpful programs in the D.O.C system!
The concern here is that we lead the world in sexual assaults on children. Women are the second thing we lead the world in. Perhaps it is because our laws are designed to protect the criminal, or convict innocent men who have been falsely accused by scorned women. If we do not spend money on education, and continue to feed a collectivly tenured judicial system with our tax money, things will continue as they have in the past. This supposed "war on sex crimes" seems to have failed for the last decade we have heard nearly every politician pretend to make it a focus. All the while, our money and focus seems to be on pipelines, bridges to nowhere, and union contracts that do nothing but pretend to perform a service. Talk is cheap. Lets see some action or depose the pretenders.
