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Subject: Re: Lunsford here to push pedophile law
Date: 19 Aug 2006 04:39:33 -0700
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> > > > > > > > > > Lunsford here to push pedophile law
> > > > > > > > > > By Kali Price
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> > > > > > > > > > Staff Writer
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> > > > > > > > > > If a law like Jessica's Law had been around last year, Mark Lunsford
> > > > > > > > > > believes his daughter might be alive.
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > Lunsford's 9-year-old daughter, Jessica, was kidnapped, raped and
> > > > > > > > > > murdered last year in Florida. The suspect, a known sexual offender, is
> > > > > > > > > > awaiting trial.
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > Lunsford, who has family in Springfield, came to the area to visit
> > > > > > > > > > relatives Thursday. He also spoke with Sen. Steve Austria about the
> > > > > > > > > > status of Ohio Senate Bill 260. Austria is representing the bill that
> > > > > > > > > > is modeled after Florida's Jessica's Law. The bill, that would
> > > > > > > > > > toughen the penalties for sexual offenders, passed in the Senate in
> > > > > > > > > > March and is now awaiting House approval, Austria said.
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > If passed, the law would give sexual offenders guilty of molestation of
> > > > > > > > > > children under 13 a mandatory sentence of 25 years to life in prison.
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > Ohio is one of 26 states that has passed or is working to pass a type
> > > > > > > > > > of Jessica's Law.
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > Austria said the House will begin hearings in the fall.
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > "One of the problems we're having now in this state is that some of
> > > > > > > > > > these criminals are getting off on very light sentences," he said.
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > Lunsford has also been watching the progress of suspect John Couey's
> > > > > > > > > > trial, which was delayed on July 13. Circuit Judge Ric Howard, Tavares,
> > > > > > > > > > Fla., stopped jury selection because he decided it was difficult to
> > > > > > > > > > find jurors who were unaware of recent media reports about the case.
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > "I think Judge Howard is just watching out for the best interest of
> > > > > > > > > > the trial," Lunsford said. "Their decisions are actually making it
> > > > > > > > > > harder for an appeal."
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > Howard also recently threw out a tape of Couey's confession as
> > > > > > > > > > evidence.
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > Lunsford said he is frustrated by the extra amount of time the process
> > > > > > > > > > is taking, but understands the need for the measures taken.
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > "I know that they can change the venue of the trial and they can give
> > > > > > > > > > him a good jury," he said, "but he's still going to die for what
> > > > > > > > > > he did."
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