Bill limits consecutive sentences

A convicted sex offender who has helped rewrite one state sentencing law now has a new bill before lawmakers that would protect defendants from serving multiple back-to-back sentences if their crimes stemmed from one incident. Prosecutors intend to oppose the legislation today at a 1 p.m. hearing before the House Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee. Also speaking will be the bill's supporters, who cite the possession of child pornography as a crime they believe is too often over-sentenced. "Today, each felonious image constitutes a potential separate… 0