Opinion ID: 3151464
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Heading: Sex Offenses

Text: Â¶10Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Those convicted of a sex offense, who committed their crimes after November 1, 1998, are subject to the Colorado Sex Offender Lifetime Supervision Act (âLSAâ). See Â Â§Â§ 18-1.3-1001 to -1012. The LSA authorizes lifetime treatment and supervision of felony sex offenders. See Â§ 18-1.3-1001. Courts must sentence violent sex offenders to the custody of the Department of Corrections for an indeterminate term, see Â§ 18-1.3-1004(1), but some non-violent sex offenders are eligible for probation, see Â§Â§ 18-1.3-1004(2), -1007. See generally Vensor, 151 P.3d at 1276â77 (discussing the LSAâs effects on the prior sentencing system). Â¶11Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â An indeterminate sentence has a minimum term and a maximum term. The minimum term is a specific number of years selected by the sentencing court from an applicable range. Â§ 18-1.3-1004. The maximum term is the offenderâs natural life. Id. Â Thus, a court imposing an indeterminate sentence will arrive at a sentence of some minimum number of years to life. After the minimum term is served, release depends not on the passage of time but on the offenderâs rehabilitation and whether he constitutes a continuing threat to society. See Â§Â§ 18-1.3-1006, -1009 (establishing procedures and criteria for release).