Post by Logan on Jan 18, 2016 18:43:45 GMT -6
Beshear seeks legislative action to fight sex crimes against children, vulnerable adults
FRANKFORT -- A 6-year-old girl in court in Christian County testified that over five months in 2012 her stepfather sexually abused her while her mother was deployed overseas with her Army unit.
But the child in her testimony was not able to provide specific dates and places of the abuse.
The Kentucky Supreme Court last year overturned the man’s conviction, saying that Kentucky has no law allowing conviction based on a pattern of ongoing conduct.
Attorney General Andy Beshear, who took office this year, is calling on state lawmakers to approve legislation to aid prosecutors in combating repeated sex crimes against children and adults who are vulnerable due to health or disability.
Continued at www.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/article55076690.html#wgt=trending .
FRANKFORT -- A 6-year-old girl in court in Christian County testified that over five months in 2012 her stepfather sexually abused her while her mother was deployed overseas with her Army unit.
But the child in her testimony was not able to provide specific dates and places of the abuse.
The Kentucky Supreme Court last year overturned the man’s conviction, saying that Kentucky has no law allowing conviction based on a pattern of ongoing conduct.
Attorney General Andy Beshear, who took office this year, is calling on state lawmakers to approve legislation to aid prosecutors in combating repeated sex crimes against children and adults who are vulnerable due to health or disability.
Continued at www.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/article55076690.html#wgt=trending .