Sex Crime Penalties

Florida Sex Crimes Penalties - Orlando Criminal Defense Lawyers

There are four primary concerns for someone convicted of a sex crime: incarceration, sex offender probation, sex offender/predator registration, and civil commitment.

• Incarceration - Nearly all sexual offenses will score mandatory prison time on the Criminal Punishment Code score-sheet the sentencing judge must follow—with few exceptions. For example, one instance of consensual sexual activity with a 15-year-old child scores just under eight years in prison. Some offenses carry minimum mandatory prison terms from which the judge cannot depart for any reason; this includes a mandatory life sentence without parole for some of the most severe types of activity.
  See: Department of Corrections Website
• Sex offender probation – In addition to the many rules that anyone placed on probation must follow, people sentenced to probation for a sexual offense have additional restrictions placed on their liberty, including where they can live, curfews, mandatory counseling, with whom they can associate, and where they can work. Sex offender probation is difficult to complete successfully.
• Registration – With few exceptions, people found guilty of sexual offenses will have to register their address and other information every three or six  months for the rest of their lives. This information is available to the public.
  See: Sex Offender Registry
• Civil Commitment – Once convicted of a sexually motivated crime, any time such a person is sent to prison, mental health professionals will do an evaluation and recommend whether the State Attorney should file a petition to send that person to the civil commitment facility in Arcadia, Florida, for “Sexually Violent Predators.” This commitment can be up to life. Since the creation of this “Jimmy Ryce” program, only three people have “graduated” and been released back to society, as of 2007.
  
  To schedule a free initial consultation with an experienced sex crime defense lawyer about your sex charges, please call us at 407.657.1555 (in Orlando / Orange County), at 407.657.9945 (in Altamonte Springs / Seminole County) or at 407.846.6432 (in Kissimmee / Osceola County), or fill out an intake form on our contact page. Serious crimes call for a serious defense.

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