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1 May 2008, 11:52 am
Sometimes you get worse.The Legislature's 1993 law restricting where sexual offenders who've served their time could live, and its 2005 sequel -- the Jessica Lunsford law, luridly named for the victim of a predator -- may have been well-intentioned. [read post]
24 Apr 2008, 2:41 am
View the article here04/24/2008NICEVILLE (AP) - Mark Lunsford, the father of Jessica Lunsford, visited the Emerald Coast for Child Abuse Prevention Month.In a speech yesterday, Lunsford told the group if they had gone after Jessica's killer, he would have stopped just one sex offender. [read post]
21 Apr 2008, 2:13 am
The people arrested in even more horrific cases, such as the murders of Jessica Lunsford in Florida and Christopher Michael Barrios Jr. in Georgia, are portrayed as depraved victimizers with dangerously imperfect psyches.Yet as disturbing as these stories are, they don't tell the whole story of child sex abuse in Northeast Florida, Southeast Georgia or the nation. [read post]
21 Apr 2008, 1:11 am
Dvir and Goldman followed Lunsford as he advocated "Jessie's Law" around the country. [read post]
17 Apr 2008, 4:12 pm
That's when the rape and murder of Florida third-grader Jessica Lunsford prompted many municipalities to bar sex offenders whose victims are minors from moving within almost half a mile of a school, day care center, park or playground, extending the 1,000-foot zone in existence in state statute.The patchwork of overlapping no-go zones excludes most of the county.Bills under consideration in the state Legislature would repeal municipal residential restrictions and extend the statewide… [read post]
17 Apr 2008, 2:53 pm
, Klaas Kids, Parents For Megan's Law (PFML), The Jessica Marie Lunsford Foundation (JMLF), Women Against Sexual Predators (WASP), and Family Watchdog. [read post]
8 Apr 2008, 6:46 pm
That's when the rape and murder of Florida third-grader Jessica Lunsford prompted many municipalities to bar sex offenders whose victims are minors from moving within 2,500 feet (almost half a mile) of a school, daycare center, park or playground, extending the 1,000-foot zone already in existence in state statute.Miami Beach was one of the first to pass the ban. [read post]
8 Apr 2008, 1:52 pm
That's when the rape and murder of Florida third-grader Jessica Lunsford prompted many municipalities to bar sex offenders whose victims are minors from moving within 2,500 feet (almost half a mile) of a school, daycare center, park or playground, extending the 1,000-foot zone already in existence in state statute.Miami Beach was one of the first to pass the ban. [read post]
30 Mar 2008, 11:23 pm
It is legislation made after 9-year-old Jessica Lunsford was kidnapped, sexually assaulted, and buried alive by John Couey, a repeat sex offender. [read post]
30 Mar 2008, 1:12 pm
"To fill the leadership vacuum, Lunsford hired directors and staff to help manage the organization. [read post]
29 Mar 2008, 3:58 am
View the article here03/28/2008INVERNESS (AP) -- Jessica Lunsford's father says he won't sue the central Florida sheriff who led the investigation into the little girl's disappearance and slaying three years ago.Mark Lunsford had notified Citrus County Sheriff Jeff Dawsy that he planned to sue him and his agency for bungling the investigation. [read post]
29 Mar 2008, 3:35 am
"Don't put me in the same box as John Couey who kidnapped Jessica Lunsford, raped her for three days, killed her and buried her is his backyard. [read post]
27 Mar 2008, 8:08 pm
You've had your 10 minutes of fame Mark, let Jessica rest and get a life...Shock Jock 'Bubba the Love Sponge' blasted Lunsford's potential lawsuit on his radio show but then Bubba's lawyer tried to bring the two sides together for mediation.Wednesday the Sheriff's office released a letter from Bubba's lawyer which said Sheriff Dawsy will sit down and talk with Lunsford, but only if he drops the threat of a lawsuit.The letter gave Lunsford… [read post]
26 Mar 2008, 10:14 pm
If the sheriff would meet with Lunsford to discuss law enforcement policy changes that would help find missing children, Lunsford would withdraw an intent-to-sue notice that he sent the sheriff. [read post]
24 Mar 2008, 3:23 am
After three physically and emotionally exhausting weeks, the Lunsford's family began to learn of what happened to young Jessica. [read post]
21 Mar 2008, 1:48 pm
McKee appealed.Jessica's Law, enacted as Proposition 83, is named after Jessica Lunsford, a 9-year old Florida girl who was raped and murdered in February 2005 by John Couey, a previously convicted sex offender. [read post]
21 Mar 2008, 12:30 am
View the article here03/20/2008CITRUS COUNTY -- Mark Lunsford has dropped his planned lawsuit against the Citrus County Sheriff's Office.The announcement was made on a radio program Thursday.In the suit, Lunsford alleged law enforcement botched the investigation, making mistakes that may have cost his daughter, Jessica Lunsford, her life.However, his attorneys said they won't move forward if the sheriff's office agrees to look at the case and make… [read post]
20 Mar 2008, 12:49 pm
"In February, Lunsford filed a letter of intent to sue the Citrus County Sheriff's Office, the County Commission, and the Florida department of Law Enforcement for negligence.In a certified letter to Sheriff Jeffrey Dawsy, lawyers for Mark Lunsford spelled out his intent to sue for "harm suffered because of the reliance upon the express promise or assurance of assistance which was carried out in a negligent manner, which placed Jessica Lunsford in a… [read post]
20 Mar 2008, 11:52 am
Death Sentence 8/24/07Convicted killer and rapist John Couey is sentenced to death for the murder of nine-year-old Jessica Lunsford. [read post]
20 Mar 2008, 6:36 am
"In February, Lunsford filed a letter of intent to sue the Citrus County Sheriff's Office, the County Commission, and the Florida department of Law Enforcement for negligence.In a certified letter to Sheriff Jeffrey Dawsy, lawyers for Mark Lunsford spelled out his intent to sue for "harm suffered because of the reliance upon the express promise or assurance of assistance which was carried out in a negligent manner, which placed Jessica Lunsford in a… [read post]