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crimes is something that we've always looked seriously at, but the increasing of
penalties for certain classes, we've started to have problems with that, because we don't want to make it seem like one person's life or the
crime that happens to them should have a stiffer
penalty than say you or I. So, those have been some of the challenges that we've had.
Jessica's Law served to increase the
penalty for certain sex
crimes as well as to implement a law regarding mandatory electronic monitoring devices
for registered sex offenders.