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Easley to sign Jessica's Law
Submitted by ryanteaguebeckwith on 2008-07-28 08:29
Gov. Mike Easley will sign Jessica's Law today.
The legislation will impose stricter penalties on sex offenders, making the minimum prison sentence 25 years for adults who commit certain sex crimes against children under 13.
The bill was inspired by the 2005 rape and murder of 9-year-old Jessica Lunsford, who lived in Gaston County most of her life before moving to Florida.
Monroe resident Jeff Gerber founed the Coalition for Jessica's Law to push the bill, saying he was frustrated by the nearly two-year delay in the legislature.
"It infuriated me," he said. "You would have thought North Carolina would have been the first to have this law since Jessica was from here."
Easley will sign the bill at 2 p.m. at Gastonia City Hall. (AP)
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