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Jessica Lundsford Law Signed

Tuesday May 3, 2005
Gov. Jeb Bush signed legislation that beefs up Florida's laws concerning child sex abusers as the father of nine-year-old Jessica Lundsford, for whom the law was named, looked on.

The Jessica Lunsford Act provides a minimum of 25 years in prison for those who prey on children under 12, and if they are released from prison, lifetime tracking by global positioning satellite.

Remarkably the bill was passed unanimously by the Florida House and Senate just one month after the body of Jessica was found March 19, thanks mostly to the efforts of her father Mark Lunsford and an outraged public.

"This bill will make our laws even tougher. I think it is right and just," Gov. Bush said.

See Also:
Fla. Gets Tougher on Child Sex Abusers

Previous Articles:
Jessica Lunsford Was Raped, Buried Alive
John Evander Couey Charged in Jessica's Death
Police Find Jessica Lunsford's Shallow Grave
Sex Offender Questioned in Jessica Lunsford Case
Police Puzzled Over Disappearance of Jessica Lunsford
9-Year-Old Jessica Lunsford Still Missing

Comments

March 14, 2007 at 5:39 pm
(1) jerry m says:

They should all burn in hell and be hung untill their neck is strectched off,if that happened to my child,id find a way no matter what to get the son of a bitch,vengance would be mine!!!!!!! God bless Mark and his family,the hurt will be a life time.

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