The “official” explanation as to why the Democrat leadership didn’t even consider passing Jessica’s Law is because a 25-year minimum mandatory sentence for child molestation is inconsistent with North Carolina’s structured sentencing laws. This fact alone, however, does not mean that legislators cannot impose a longer sentence for taking indecent liberties with a child, or create a new offense (lewd or lascivious molestation) that would be punished with a longer sentence.
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