Post by lace on Oct 10, 2006 23:04:16 GMT -5
[glow=red,2,300]LAW: Father of slain 9-year-old girl pushes for more restrictions on where the released criminals can live. [/glow]
October 10, 2006
ONTARIO - Mark Lunsford still breaks down when he recalls how his 9-year-old daughter was kidnapped, assaulted and buried alive in 2005.
On Monday, Lunsford campaigned in Ontario for Prop. 83, "Jessica's Law," a proposed statewide crackdown on released sex offenders. And he endorsed a proposed San Bernardino County ordinance that would impose even stricter provisions in the county's rural areas.
"I don't get anything out of this," Lunsford said of his battle to close what he called the cracks and loopholes in California's sexual offender laws. "I don't get my daughter back. But you'd get to keep yours."
According to a California attorney general's summary, some of Prop. 83's major provisions would increase penalties for violent and habitual sex offenders, prohibit registered sex offenders from moving to within a third of a mile of any school or park and require lifetime satellite tracking of registered sex offenders.
The measure also would allow local governments to enact additional requirements, such as designating stay-away zones around parks and schools.
If California voters pass Prop. 83 in November, the proposed San Bernardino County ordinance, scheduled to be considered Tuesday by the Board of Supervisors, would:
Restrict registered sex offenders from moving to within a half-mile of a school, instead of the one-third mile limit under Jessica's Law.
Restrict those same offenders from living within one-third of a mile from day-care centers.
Establish a circular stay-away zone the radius of a football field around schools and parks to discourage registered sex offenders from lurking nearby.
A California Legislative Analyst's estimate predicts that Prop. 83 gradually will add a "couple of hundred million dollars" annually in state prison, parole and mental health costs - and may add "several hundred million" in one-time costs for state mental hospital and prison construction projects.
The potential financial impact of the proposed county ordinance is "unknown but nominal," according to a report prepared for the Oct. 17 meeting of the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors.
The reason for predicted negligible costs, the report says, is that the sheriff's and district attorney's crimes-against-children units would exercise discretion in use of the ordinance.
Leading the campaign for passage of the ordinance are supervisors Bill Postmus and Gary C. Ovitt.
Survey
Should San Bernardino County impose tighter restrictions than state law requires on where sex offenders can live? Comment
Tougher laws without rehabilitation is senseless. Once individuals see that they are on the spot they will go into hiding for fear of their life and they will be unaccountable in our cities. Don't take me wrong, It's good to get tough but a pedophile will pray on children regardless of legal boundries if they don't get the medical help they need to fight their monsters.
Absolutely! If you look on the State of California's sex offender site, there is a ring of these sub-humans around every school and park...time to step up and take responsibility for controlling these monsters. As for cost, what is the life of one child worth?
www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_R_bjessica10.3b10d7a.html
October 10, 2006
ONTARIO - Mark Lunsford still breaks down when he recalls how his 9-year-old daughter was kidnapped, assaulted and buried alive in 2005.
On Monday, Lunsford campaigned in Ontario for Prop. 83, "Jessica's Law," a proposed statewide crackdown on released sex offenders. And he endorsed a proposed San Bernardino County ordinance that would impose even stricter provisions in the county's rural areas.
"I don't get anything out of this," Lunsford said of his battle to close what he called the cracks and loopholes in California's sexual offender laws. "I don't get my daughter back. But you'd get to keep yours."
According to a California attorney general's summary, some of Prop. 83's major provisions would increase penalties for violent and habitual sex offenders, prohibit registered sex offenders from moving to within a third of a mile of any school or park and require lifetime satellite tracking of registered sex offenders.
The measure also would allow local governments to enact additional requirements, such as designating stay-away zones around parks and schools.
If California voters pass Prop. 83 in November, the proposed San Bernardino County ordinance, scheduled to be considered Tuesday by the Board of Supervisors, would:
Restrict registered sex offenders from moving to within a half-mile of a school, instead of the one-third mile limit under Jessica's Law.
Restrict those same offenders from living within one-third of a mile from day-care centers.
Establish a circular stay-away zone the radius of a football field around schools and parks to discourage registered sex offenders from lurking nearby.
A California Legislative Analyst's estimate predicts that Prop. 83 gradually will add a "couple of hundred million dollars" annually in state prison, parole and mental health costs - and may add "several hundred million" in one-time costs for state mental hospital and prison construction projects.
The potential financial impact of the proposed county ordinance is "unknown but nominal," according to a report prepared for the Oct. 17 meeting of the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors.
The reason for predicted negligible costs, the report says, is that the sheriff's and district attorney's crimes-against-children units would exercise discretion in use of the ordinance.
Leading the campaign for passage of the ordinance are supervisors Bill Postmus and Gary C. Ovitt.
Survey
Should San Bernardino County impose tighter restrictions than state law requires on where sex offenders can live? Comment
Tougher laws without rehabilitation is senseless. Once individuals see that they are on the spot they will go into hiding for fear of their life and they will be unaccountable in our cities. Don't take me wrong, It's good to get tough but a pedophile will pray on children regardless of legal boundries if they don't get the medical help they need to fight their monsters.
Absolutely! If you look on the State of California's sex offender site, there is a ring of these sub-humans around every school and park...time to step up and take responsibility for controlling these monsters. As for cost, what is the life of one child worth?
www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_R_bjessica10.3b10d7a.html