This petition is in hope to show government that something needs to be done to protect our children from sexual predators. Everyday we hear on the news and in the papers of children being abuse and mistreated. We need to take a stand and show the people that we have elected into to office that this law needs to be passed here in New York. We need to protect our children.
Jessica's Law is the informal name given to a 2005 Florida law, as well as laws in several other states, designed to punish sex offenders and reduce their ability to re-offend. A version of Jessica's Law, known as the Jessica Lunsford Act, was introduced at the federal level in 2005 but was never enacted into law by Congress. The law is named after Jessica Lunsford, a young Florida girl who was raped and murdered in February 2005 by John Couey, a previously convicted sex offender. Public outrage over this case spurred Florida officials to introduce this legislation. Among the key provisions of the law are a mandatory minimum sentence of 25 years in prison and lifetime electronic monitoring of adults convicted of lewd and lascivious acts against a victim less than 12 years old. In Florida, another charge, capital sexual battery is defined as: A person 18 years of age or older who commits sexual battery upon, or in an attempt to commit sexual battery injuries the sexual organs of a person less than 12 years of age commits a capital felony. The charge carries a mandatory life sentence.
The Jessica Lunsford Act(H.R. 1505(http:hdl.loc.gov/loc.uscongress/legislation.109hr1505) of the 109th Congress), was a proposed federal law in the United States - modeled after the Florida state law - which, if adopted, would have a mandated more stringent tracking of released sex offenders.
Please take the time to read over the Jessica's law and help to do something to protect our children from being preyed upon by these people. We need a tougher penalties!
