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  • Nov. 7 vote unlikely final word on state sex-offender law (California)

    10/09/2006 8:14:13 AM PDT · by freespirited · 3 replies · 480+ views
    Press-Enterprise ^ | 10/5/06 | JIM MILLER
    In the 1 ½ years since the kidnap, rape and slaying of Florida 9-year-old Jessica Lunsford, almost 20 states have passed laws in her name toughening penalties on sex offenders. On Nov. 7, California voters will have their say. Prop. 83, dubbed Jessica's Law by supporters, proposes the toughest sex-offender rules in the country. It would go well beyond the first Jessica's Law passed by Florida lawmakers in the months after authorities say sex offender John Evander Couey killed Lunsford in March 2005. Couey is scheduled to stand trial in Miami in February. He has pleaded not guilty. All signs...