Byline: JAY JOCHNOWITZ State editor
Albany The Assembly on Wednesday proposed an overhaul of sex crime laws that would raise sentences to as long as life in prison for repeat offenders, increase time for people who prey on children through the Internet and stiffen penalties for people who use drugs to commit date rape.
Combined with existing laws and programs creating a sex-offender registry and a DNA database of criminals, the proposals would be ``a giant step forward in prosecuting and incarcerating sexual offenders,'' said Joseph Lentol, D-Brooklyn, chairman of the Assembly Codes Committee.
His counterpart in the Senate welcomed the …
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