HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 317        FILED ON: 1/14/2011

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 389

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Geraldo Alicea

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act protecting those individuals with mental disabilities..

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Geraldo Alicea

6th Worcester

1/14/2011

Anne M. Gobi

5th Worcester

2/3/2011

Cleon H. Turner

1st Barnstable

1/14/2011

Stephen L. DiNatale

3rd Worcester

1/14/2011

John D. Keenan

7th Essex

1/14/2011

Richard T. Moore

 

1/14/2011

Christine E. Canavan

10th Plymouth

1/14/2011

James J. Dwyer

30th Middlesex

1/14/2011

Susan C. Fargo

 

1/14/2011


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 317        FILED ON: 1/14/2011

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 389

By Mr. Alicea of Charlton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 389) of Geraldo Alicea and others for legislation to increase the penalties imposed for rape of mentally retarded persons.  The Judiciary.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 1248 OF 2009-2010.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the Year Two Thousand Eleven

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An Act protecting those individuals with mental disabilities..

 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

Chapter 265 of the General Laws, is hereby amended by inserting after section 13F the following section:-

 Section 13F1/2.  Whoever commits a rape on a mentally retarded person knowing such person to be mentally retarded shall for the first offense be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not less than 10 years nor more than 20 years and for a second or subsequent offense by imprisonment in the state prisons for not less then 20 years.  Except in the case of a conviction for the first offense for violation of this section, the imposition or execution of the sentence shall not be suspended, and no probation or parole shall be granted until the minimum imprisonment herein provided for the offense shall have been served.  This section shall not apply to the commission of a rape by a mentally retarded person upon another mentally retarded person.