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BILL NUMBER:S7848
Title of bill
An act to amend the penal law and the correction law, in relation to aggravated sexual contact in the first degree
Purpose
To create the penalty of aggravated sexual contact in the third degree as a class B felony.
Summary of provisions
Adds a new section 130.73 of the penal law creating aggravated sexual contact in the first degree.
Existing law
The acts covered under this new law currently only carry misdemeanor punishments, this law seeks to codify these acts in its own section of law and raise the penalty to a felony level.
Justification
A recent Court of Appeals decision allowed a chronic pervert who mastur- bated on three subway riders off without prison time. Although the District Attorney sought felony charges, the state's highest court threw out the felony charges because there was no proof the victim felt threatened with violence, resulting in only a misdemeanor sex abuse charge carrying a maximum of three months.
These subway "grinders" as they are euphemistically referred to by law enforcement are sexual deviants who prey upon victims who are going about their daily commute and have no means of escape. This law seeks to raise these acts to a felony status and upon conviction under this law offenders will be required be placed on the NYS Sex Offender Registry.
Legislative history
New Bill.
Fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
This act shall effect on the sixtieth day after it shall have become law.
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