Updated 02/16/2008 12:30 PM
Citizens rally behind Jessica's Law
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CHARLOTTE -- A rally in Charlotte on Saturday will call attention to House Bill 933, also known as the North Carolina Jessica Lunsford Act.
It’s been nearly three years since Lunsford’s murder. The Gastonia native was 9-years old. She was killed in Florida by John Couey, a convicted sex offender who some say slipped through the cracks of the system.
According to the Lunsford Foundation web site, 33 states have enacted some form of Jessica’s Law. North Carolina is not one of them.
Photo courtesy of The Jessica Marie Lunsford Foundation.
Six speakers were expected at New Bethel Church of God in Christ off of Little Rock Road for the rally.
Bill 933, which has passed through the state House of Representatives and now must pass through the state Senate, is calling for tighter punishment for people convicted of molesting a child under 12. It also would require sex offenders to wear GPS monitoring after their time served for conviction.