Delitos sexuales y prohibición de acercarse a niños

Explicación Simple

Si alguien comete un delito sexual relacionado con niños, no podrá acercarse a escuelas o programas para niños. Esto es para proteger a los menores de posibles peligros.

Es como si alguien que ha tenido un accidente de coche no pudiera manejar cerca de escuelas; se busca mantener a todos a salvo.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que un hombre llamado Carlos fue condenado por un delito sexual relacionado con un menor. Como parte de su sentencia, ahora no puede estar a menos de 100 pies de cualquier escuela, lo que significa que no puede esperar en la esquina de la calle donde hay una escuela primaria.

Penalidades

Prohibición permanente de acercarse a escuelas y programas infantiles a menos de 100 pies.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

Va. Code § 18.2-370.2 - Sex offenses prohibiting proximity to children; penalty. A. "Offense prohibiting proximity to children" means a violation or an attempt to commit a violation of (i) subsection A of § 18.2-47 , clause (ii) or (iii) of § 18.2-48 , subsection B of § 18.2-361 , or subsection B of § 18.2-366 , where the victim of one of the foregoing offenses was a minor, or (ii) clause (iii) of subsection A of § 18.2-61 , § 18.2-63 or 18.2-64.1 , subdivision A 1 of § 18.2-67.1 , subdivision A 1 of § 18.2-67.2 , subdivision A 1 or A 4 (a) of § 18.2-67.3 , § 18.2-370 or 18.2-370.1 , clause (ii) of § 18.2-371 , or § 18.2-374.1 , 18.2-374.1:1 or 18.2-379 . As of July 1, 2006, "offense prohibiting proximity to children" includes a violation of § 18.2-472.1 when the offense requiring registration was one of the foregoing offenses. B. Every adult who is convicted of an offense prohibiting proximity to children when the offense occurred on or after July 1, 2000, shall as part of his sentence be forever prohibited from loitering within 100 feet of the premises of any place he knows or has reason to know is a primary, secondary or high school. In addition, every adult who is convicted of an offense prohibiting proximity to children when the offense occurred on or after July 1, 2006, shall as part of his sentence be forever prohibited from loitering within 100 feet of the premises of any place he knows or has reason to know is a child day program as defined in § 22.1-289.02 . C.