I've met Sheldon and he's one of the nicest guys in the world. I don't lose sleep over sex offenders spending time in prison; that doesn't bother me. If you heard Sheldon's testimony, one of the things he said was that in his own case the offender got three years. I'm not sure under which provisions he was convicted, but my understanding is that under this bill, there will be a one-year mandatory minimum penalty. If you're looking to increase sentences to satisfy victims, I'm afraid these numbers aren't going to do it. In a year or two from now, there'll be a family whose offender gets a year and they're going to say that's not enough. I've spent some time in Texas where the sentences are completely off the charts compared with ours, and there are victims there who say that's not enough either.
On October 27th, 2011. See this statement in context.