Public Comments for: HB1427 - Fixing period of suspension of sentence; sexual abuse of a child under 15 years of age.
Last Name: Bryant Locality: Hampton

I would like for the committee to consider the the bill on the table today. So many individuals incarcerated are far removed from the people they were 10, 5 ,20 years ago.

Last Name: Achin Organization: H.E.A.L. of Virginia Locality: Prince William, Eastern Counties, South western counties, etc.

For same reasons as HB 45, we DO NOT support this bill. Already, there are too many penalties and not enough reason to destroy anyone who may or may not have committed such a felony as Weber's bill demands. Such bills are fed by the dishonest work of the Internet Crimes Against Children Task force, who, in 35 years of feeding the jails and prisons and reaping loads of federal grant money as rewards, have rescued exactly ZERO children. Zero. This bill is not about protecting children; it is about senselessly adding penalty upon penalty and feeding the prison-industrial complex.

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