Jul 18 2008
North Carolina Legislature Passes Jessica’s Law
The House and Senate overwhelmingly approved “Jessica’s Law” – a plan that would imprison some child sex offenders for at least 25 years and monitor them by satellite if they’re released. The bill requires adult offenders who commit certain sex crimes against children under 13 – including rape – to be sent to prison for 25 years to life. The bill is named for Jessica Lunsford, a former Gaston County resident who was raped, and buried alive by a repeat sex offender in Florida in 2005. She was 9 years old.
It’s hard to believe that as socially conservative as North Carolina is they are one of the last states to pass this law. It now goes to Easley for signature.
