What Penalties Apply To Federal Sex Crime Convictions? Andrew Russek and Chris Combs from Combs Waterkotte federal criminal defense firm discuss potential penalties related to federal sex crime convictions.
Interview Transcript
Scott Michael Dunn: You were kind of getting into that– what penalties apply to federal sex crime convictions?
Andrew Russek: I mean, it’s the same mandatory minimum, mandatory maximums. But, the Southern district of Illinois, we see a lot that they like to do the, “to catch a predator,” for lack of a better term, where it’s a fake individual pretending to be an underage child.
“Hey, come to my house.” You arrive, and they charge you with that enticement, that conspiracy, any charges. And I mean, it’s not uncommon– that’s kind of where I got the 40-year number from– to see mandatory minimums of 40 years on a case out of there. And again, that’s drastically different than what you see in state court.
Chris Combs: And another thing that’s much different from, and it’s all different from federal to state court, but another thing is, state probation is nothing compared to supervised release, which is what you get when you get out of BOP (Bureau of Prisons), which is federal prison.
So when you’re on supervised release and talking about sex crimes, a lot of times you find yourself not only on the sex offender registry, but on lifetime supervised release.
Scott Michael Dunn: Oh, wow.
Chris Combs: So that means till you die, the feds are monitoring your life. What electronic devices you’re using, are they approved?
So you see lifetime supervision a lot. Where you don’t see lifetime probation in state court very often, if ever.
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