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23 Sep 2007, 10:25 am
Study debunks sex predator lawsRecently, Human Rights Watch, a national research and advocacy group, issued a damning report on the spate of sex offender laws that swept the country after the 2005 murder of Jessica Lunsford in Florida.The 146-page document said the popular Internet offender registries endanger children by driving the few intractable pedophiles underground. [read post]
22 Sep 2007, 7:33 am
" She said organizers learned after they selected the date it was the birthday of Jessica Lunsford. [read post]
18 Sep 2007, 4:34 am
Many bills are passed in response to truly horrific crimes -- like the murders of Polly Klaas, Megan Kanka and Jessica Lunsford -- but sadly, they are often based on misconceptions that make them less effective in preventing violence.The laws we studied cover three main categories -- residency restrictions, community notification and registration. [read post]
17 Sep 2007, 10:29 pm
What about Mark Lunsford? [read post]
17 Sep 2007, 2:25 am
It begins in Florida with a description of the abduction and murder of Jessica Lunsford, the 9-year-old girl raped and buried alive by a next-door neighbor who'd been convicted of molesting children before. [read post]
16 Sep 2007, 6:25 pm
"In effect since July 1, 2006, Jessie's Law was named for Jessica Lunsford, who was murdered in 2005 in Florida by a convicted sex offender.It increased the minimum sentence for someone convicted of raping a child younger than 11 to 25 years to life in prison, up from at most 30 years behind bars. [read post]
16 Sep 2007, 2:48 am
"In effect since July 1, 2006, Jessie's Law was named for Jessica Lunsford, who was murdered in 2005 in Florida by a convicted sex offender.It increased the minimum sentence for someone convicted of raping a child younger than 11 to 25 years to life in prison, up from at most 30 years behind bars. [read post]
14 Sep 2007, 5:41 am
" The measure, considered one of the nation's toughest anti-sex-offender laws, is named after Jessica Lunsford, a Florida girl who was raped and murdered in 2005 by a sex offender staying nearby.Prop. 83 also stiffened some sex crime sentences, broadened the state's ability to commit "sexual predators" to psychiatric hospitals after their prison terms and required lifetime GPS monitoring of new sex felons.The convicts who received the 45-day notices all were paroled… [read post]
13 Sep 2007, 8:09 pm
If the laws they have created were working (which they are not) Dru Sjodin, Jessica Lunsford, and Carlie Brucia would still be alive today.Most if not all studies clearly define which sub-categories of offenders pose the most risk, make up the bulk of recidivism and pose the greatest danger to society. [read post]
24 Aug 2007, 12:01 pm
John Evander Couey who was convicted of kidnapping, raping, and murdering nine-year old Jessica Lunsford, has been sentenced to death according to CNN's Breaking News (there is no story with the headline yet). [read post]
13 Aug 2007, 8:44 pm
Crime & Consequences updates us about the John Couey (who murdered Jessica Lunsford) case. [read post]
13 Aug 2007, 6:56 am
In the news recently we learned that John Couey, convicted for the horrific abduction and murder of Jessica Lunsford in Florida, has been deemed by the courts not to be mentally retarded and so is now eligible for the death penalty. [read post]
19 Jul 2007, 10:10 am
Also attending was Jessica Lunsford's father, Mark Lunsford. [read post]
31 May 2007, 4:45 am
A major impetus for the death penalty in child sex cases is the heinous crime by a previously-convicted sex offender against Florida nine-year old Jessica Lunsford, who suffered horrific abuse, including burial alive in a shallow grave, where she eventually suffocated. [read post]
31 May 2007, 4:20 am
Rick Perry signssuch legislation.A major impetus for the death penalty in child sex cases is the heinouscrime by a previously-convicted sex offender against Florida nine-year oldJessica Lunsford, who suffered horrific abuse, including burial alive in ashallow grave, where she eventually suffocated.If there is a way to measure the temperature of public opinion against childabuse, this is it, and it bodes well for children, even if it is not themost effective way of protecting … [read post]
30 May 2007, 1:55 pm
For example,18 year old Joshua Lunsford, the brother of Jessica Lunsford, for whom Jessica's Laws are named, was recently arrested for "unlawful sexual conduct" with a 14 year old. [read post]
29 May 2007, 5:54 am
” category: Jessica Lunsford’s brother arrested for sex crime. [read post]
7 May 2007, 12:36 pm
The proposal is a more extreme version of the so-called " Jessica's Law " passed by the Florida legislature in the wake of the February 2005 rape and murder of nine-year-old Jessica Lunsford. [read post]
27 Apr 2007, 2:56 am
Charlie Crist are reevaluating the hodgepodge of local laws passed after the 2005 rape and murder of nine-year-old Jessica Lunsford. 'The misconception is that the tougher the ordinance, the less likely it is that sex offenders will live in a city,' said Sen. [read post]
26 Apr 2007, 6:04 pm
Jessica's father, Mark Lunsford, is leading the charge in the state:North Carolina should bear any cost to make life as inhospitable as possible for sex offenders, Mark Lunsford said Wednesday. [read post]
