What is the range of potential sentences for sexual assault cases in the United States?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Sheck v. Canada (Minister of Justice), 2019 BCCA 364 (CanLII):

In United States of America v. Wilcox, 2015 BCCA 39, leave to appeal ref’d [2015] S.C.C.A. No. 124, Madam Justice Bennett considered the extradition of a man convicted in absentia in the United States on two of four counts concerning sexual conduct with a minor. The sentence he faced in the United States was presumptively 40 years’ incarceration, with a minimum of 26 years, and the potential for a 108‑year sentence in the event of an unsuccessful conviction appeal. In Canada, the comparable offence carried a minimum sentence of 45 days and a maximum of ten years’ incarceration.

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