Original sentence: A related perpetrator, if convicted under the state's incest law, will receive a significantly lower penalty for committing the same acts that constitute criminal child sexual abuse in that state.In the majority of states with incest laws, a perpetrator of intrafamilial child sexual abuse may be prosecuted for incest instead of child sexual abuse offenses.In these states, which include Arkansas, California, Illinois, New York, and North Carolina, all perpetrators of sexual offenses against children are prosecuted under the same laws, without regard to whether they are related to their victims.Incest is a criminal offense in most states.Incest refers to sexual activity between related persons, without regard to their ages.Intrafamilial child sexual abuse refers to child sexual abuse offenses where the perpetrator is related to the minor, either by blood or marriage.Recognizing this loophole, some states have altered their penal codes to prohibit prosecution of intrafamilial child sexual abuse under the incest statutes.Such crimes are most commonly addressed in family courts, as opposed to criminal courts, although no laws prohibit simultaneous proceedings in both forums.These states retain their incest laws only for their original purpose: to sanction sexual activity between those too closely related by blood
Edited sentence: The New Zealand justice department does not give long enough prison sentences for child abusers which i think is disgusting, because they have damaged someone for the rest of their life so because of this they should be punished with life imprisonment