Thomas Foley: “reclaiming my time, I wish the perpetrator would have thought about…”

On the recordSeptember 14, 2005

reclaiming my time, I wish the perpetrator would have thought about the penalties before they committed the crime. The minimum mandatory may tie the hands of judges, but it will, in fact, tie the hands of the predator. They know full well before they are released what the requirements are, and if there is confusion, it is the perpetrator's fault. I do not want it to be relied upon the victim to say the victim should have known he may have been a perpetrator but we were not registered. The CHAIRMAN. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from South Carolina (Mr. Inglis). The question was taken; and the Chairman announced that the noes appeared to have it.

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