JESSICA'S LAW
May God Bless Jessica Lunsford's soul, and sooth the grief of her family with the faith and knowledge that Jessica is in a better world than ours now. Which leads us to this question: HOW DO WE MAKE OUR WORLD BETTER? I KNOW HOW: By locking up convicted child molesters for life.
Punishment and prisons supposedly exist to PROTECT society. If the current laws allow our most precious and beautiful citizens - OUR CHILDREN - to be at continued risk of further harm then the laws are inadequate and must be changed!
This blog has been set up to change things. I don't believe what we need is merely a national registry of people convicted of child molestation (as is argued by the brave parents of children murdered by previously convicted child molesters - parents Mr. Klaas and Ms. Van Damm).
I think we need to make the crime of child molestation punishable by LIFE IN PRISON WITHOUT PAROLE.
We can call the law that makes the "child molestation a crime punishable by life in prison" - Jessica's Law.
How can we do this? Simple: Put your name and address in the comments section of this blog. And then mail or email this page to your elected representatives in the US Senate, the House, and your state assembly.
Making this change will save many lives - the lives our children.
What better thing for our laws to do?
UPDATE:
There's a petition on-line (and the link is in the comments section) that seeks to establish a mandatory national registry. BUT THIS IS NOT ENOUGH; this will PREVENT NOTHING.
Jessica and the Van Damm girl and the Klaas girl were murdered by REPEAT OFFENDERS.
To prevent that from EVER HAPPENING AGAIN these perps must be locked up for life after they commit their first offense.
That's why I support LIFE IN PRISON WITHOUT PAROLE FOR THE FIRST OFFENSE.
I'd support the death penalty ON PRINCIPLE but since less than half of the states have death penalties for premeditated murder, I do not think we'd ever get all the states to make child molestation punishable by death. But we could get all the states to make child molestation punishable by a life sentence.
THAT'S WHY A NATIONAL CAMPAIGN FOR A MANDATORY LIFE SENTENCE FOR PEOPLE CONVICTED OF CHILD MOLESTATION IS THE RIGHT WAY TO GO.
