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June 28, 2006

Carcieri signs sex offender monitoring bill

PROVIDENCE -- Governor Carcieri signed a law requiring electronic monitoring for certain sex offenders this afternoon.

The new law requires state authorities to track some sex offenders with global positioning software from the time they're released from prison until their death. The bill also raises the minimum mandatory sentence for first-degree sexual assault to 25 years in prison, a five-year increase.

The law takes effect January 1, 2007.

It applies to child rapists and other sex offenders deemed likely to reoffend.

Senator James Doyle, a bill sponsor, says the General Assembly will create a commission next year to consider excluding sex offenders from certain areas, for example, around schools. He says the new tracking system would allow state authorities to see if any offenders have violated those zones.

-- The Associated Press

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