The
California Organization of Police and Sheriffs (COPS) announced their
support for Jessica’s Law which will be on the November General
Election ballot.
COPS
Executive Director Monty Holden announced, “Our kids deserve the
protection of the toughest sex offender punishment and control reform
law in the nation. California has currently 63,000 registered sex
offenders. One in every four sex offenders in California are currently
missing. How can we protect our children if we don’t even know where
the sex offenders are? The best way to keep sex offenders from harming
our children is to either incarcerate them or actively monitor their
whereabouts through GPS tracking. Jessica’s Law will help track these
dangerous and violent sexual predators.”
Jessica’s
Law is named in memory of nine-year-old Jessica Lunsford, who was taken
from her home in Homosassa, Florida, on February 23, 2005, and found
brutally murdered three weeks later. A registered sex offender with an
extensive criminal history and outstanding warrants for probation
violations confessed to abducting, raping, and burying Jessica alive
only 150 yards from the home where she had lived with her father and
grandparents. Jessica’s Law will:
Ensure
that all child molesters who molest children under the age of 14 are
put into a prison with a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years or 25
years to life. Closes all loopholes in California’s "one-strike" laws.
Eliminate
all "good-time" credits for sex offenders ensuring that these sex
offenders are required to serve their entire sentence and will not be
released for good behavior.
Electronically monitor convicted sex offenders for life, if they are ever released from prison, through GPS tracking.
Create
a 2,000 foot "predator-free" zone around schools, parks and playgrounds
to prevent sex offenders from living where our children learn and play.
Holden
added, “The Sacramento Bee’s explosive series highlighted how broke our
current system has become. Let’s not make our children pay for our
government’s inability to act. Let’s pray none of these sexual predator
monsters harm more of our children before this law is passed in
November.”
COPS represents the interests of over 100,000 peace officers and 1,000,000 citizen members in California.
Show Your Support for Jessica's Law
Our
kids deserve the protection of the toughest sex offender and punishment
law in the nation. Please sign the online petition today!
Jessica's Law
COPS
Executive Director Monty Holden discussed the importance of Jessica's
Law and urges citizens to sign COPS petition on Jessica's Law.