Arkansas and Guam takes steps to reduce penalties for Romeo and Juliet relationships.

Arkansas Senate Approves Three Year R & J Provision

The Senate on Thursday approved a bill that would allow people convicted of sex offenses not to register with the state if their victim was under age 18 and the offender was no more than three years older, under certain conditions.

The conditions would be that a court determines that there was no evidence of force, compulsion, threat or intimidation in the commission of the sex offense and the court does not otherwise order registration under Arkansas Code Annotated 12-12-903 (B) (i).

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Bills filed to address sex crimes on Guam

The first of three bills filed in Guam’s legislature would address “teen love” and what happens when a relationship that begins in high school continues after one partner reaches the adult age. Speaker Tina Muna Barnes says: “Lovers in high school should not become felons and put on a sex-offender registry.”

The speaker’s second Bill No.51-35 would prohibit judges from applying the existing safety valve law on any case that involves the criminal sexual conduct of a minor.

Meanwhile, the third bill, introduced by Sen. “Pedo” Terlaje’s creates mandatory minimum sentences for repeat sex offenders. (Bill 52-50)

https://pacificnewscenter.com/3-bills-filed-to-address-sex-crimes-on-guam/