NEW MEXICO
Las Cruces Sun-News
Sun-News report
Two bills to combat child abuse introduced by Senate Majority Whip Mary Jane Garcia, D-Do-a Ana, cleared the Senate Public Affairs Committee on Thursday evening.
They are SB58, which defines criminal sexual penetration of a child under 5 as “aggravated criminal sexual penetration,” making it eligible for a life sentence; and SB59, which makes the murder of a child under 13 with an aggravating circumstance eligible for life in prison without the possibility of parole, the toughest sentence available in New Mexico.
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