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(Brooklyn-WTNH, Apr. 24, 2003 6:18 PM) _ Long before the Laci Peterson case, a Connecticut mother made it her mission to hold killer's of pregnant women accountable. Now, just over a year later, state lawmakers are answering her call with Jenny's Law.
Watch the story by Chief Capitol Correspondent Mark Davis As much of the nation follows the latest developments in the Scott Peterson case, Debbie Florence also follows developments, but probably more closely than most of us. That's because she knows firsthand what the family is going through.
"My heart goes out to the family because I can feel their pain."
Her 25-year-old daughter Jenny, who was nine months pregnant with a son she had already named Nathan, was murdered on New Year's Eve 2001. But unlike Scott Peterson in California the man suspected in Jenny's death could not be charged in the death of the child.
"Right after we were told about Jenny's and Nathan's murder ... I was told that they could only charge her assailant with Jenny's murder because there was no law in Connecticut that recognized the unborn child," Florence said.
RB, that is so sad and heartbreaking. To be able to become an activist has to help her a little bit.