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« on: July 14, 2011, 05:18:30 PM »

Please post newsand articles concerning Caylee's Law or similar laws for the State of Idaho in this thread.
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« Reply #1 on: June 04, 2012, 09:30:15 AM »

http://www.idahostatesman.com/2012/05/06/2105266/prosecutors-want-felony-for-not.html
Idaho prosecutors want felony for not reporting crimes against children
May 6, 2012

They lament the failure to change the law and worry it never will be toughened.

Casey Anthony. Jerry Sandusky. Daniel Ehrlick. Melissa Jenkins.

Those names conjure images many people would like to forget: Crimes against children that went unreported. The question of whether anyone knew what was happening to the children in those cases — but didn’t tell police — still haunts many.

In Idaho, prosecutors are able to charge only a misdemeanor for failure to report violent crimes against children. If the crimes go unreported for years, the statute of limitations means there might be no charge at all.

The Idaho Prosecuting Attorneys Association tried to change that this year, proposing a law to allow police to file felony charges against someone who doesn’t report crimes against children such as lewd conduct, rape or injury to a child.

They also wanted to remove the statute of limitations for failing to report cases of lewd conduct or rape involving children, since those limits no longer apply to the crimes themselves.

The bill was backed by powerful Sen. Denton Darrington, R-Declo, the longtime chairman of the Senate’s Judiciary and Rules Committee. He was the Senate’s senior member and is known for his support of law enforcement and tough sentencing guidelines.

But the bill never got out of his committee, and chances for it to come back appear bleak. Darrington is retiring this year after redistricting put him in with Sen. Dean Cameron of Rupert.

“We lost a good friend in Sen. Darrington,” said Ada County Deputy Prosecutor Jean Fisher, who handles many of the child abuse cases for Idaho’s largest county.

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Some groups, such as the Idaho Education Association, which represents teachers, and the Idaho School Board Association, had concerns, especially about changing the statute of limitations.

Those groups didn’t want their members, who work with children, at risk of prosecution for long-ago crimes they might have reported to their supervisors, as they were trained to do.

And some legislators, such as committee member Sen. Sheryl Nuxoll, R-Cottonwood, just didn’t think the bill would work.
Why would a bill that seemed to have strong support die before it even got to a vote?

“I simply couldn’t find the support within the (judiciary) committee,” Darrington said. “I think there is an attitude of ‘Don’t create any new felonies. Don’t put people in prison.’

“I feel differently. I believe if a new felony is needed, like this proposal, we create a new felony. It’s the right thing to do for public safety.”
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Patti Anne Lodge, R-Huston, said the bill died because “many groups” felt it needed more work. Asked to identify the groups, Lodge said she did not know.

Sen. Les Bock, D-Boise, said he was out of town and unavailable for comment. Sen. Bart Davis, R-Idaho Falls, said he remembered the reading of the bill, but nothing more. Other members of the committee didn’t respond to emails requesting comment.
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“Sen. Darrington did not want Caylee’s Law. He did not want a knee-jerk reaction law named after a victim or certain case,” Koole said. “He wanted us to look at what (Idaho) had and address what we couldn’t do now with our current statutes.”

SB 1254 would have made the maximum penalty for failing to report five years in prison. Today the misdemeanor is punishable by up to six months in jail.

The statute of limitations for not reporting crimes against children is four years. The bill would have removed that limit in cases where people did not report crimes of lewd conduct or rape of a child.
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