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The median prison sentence for sex abusers was 70 months in 2006, up from 44 months in 1996, according to the most recent data from the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics.
WSJ: Penn State Case Underscores How Society Deals With Sexual Assault
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Well in essence when little Sarah, eight year old Sarah Payne was abducted and murdered in July of 2000, by a known local paedophile with a terrible record for a similar crime which fortunately in that case didn't end in murder, we set about, if you like, campaigning for some changes in the law that would tighten up the law against paedophiles, against predatory, repetitive child sex abusers.
BBC: Stuart Kuttner, Managing Editor, News of the World
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The technology has been in use for about a decade, especially in the cases of sex offenders and domestic abusers.
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In the past 15 years, many states have strengthened laws dealing with sex crimes against children, making it easier to prosecute abusers who are identified years after their assaults.
WSJ: Penn State Case Underscores How Society Deals With Sexual Assault