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CO - Bradford's sex-offender bill 'will probably just die'

View the article here 02/19/2009 By MIKE SACCONE State Rep. Laura Bradford?s (Email) plan to toughen prison sentences for sex offenders that target children died Thursday, one week after lawmakers failed to either pass or kill the bill during a committee hearing. Rep. Claire Levy (Email), D-Boulder, said she decided not to place the Collbran Republican?s bill back on the calendar after Bradford did not file a motion to bring House Bill 1144 back for a rehearing. ?I could (have) put it back on the calendar today to do that, but it will probably just die,? said Levy, the chairwoman of the House Judiciary Committee. Thursday was the deadline for House committees to pass most bills originating from House lawmakers. House Bill 1144 would have required judges to sentence sex offenders targeting children 14 or younger to at least 20 years in prison...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues on February 20, 2009 (boomark / email).