It’s been less than two months since Chelsea King was raped and murdered by a convicted sexual predator, with the dedication of her parents Chelsea’s Law has moved forward in the usually gridlocked Sacramento legislature.
The new law seeks to toughen existing sexual offenders laws by adding mandatory life prison sentences for forcible violent sex crimes against children, tightening sex offenders parole guidelines and adding requirements for the life-long tracking of certain repeat sexual offenders.
Chelsea’s law, Assembly Bill 1844 made it out of the Assembly Public Safety Committee this morning. The bill was penned by San Diego Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher (R-San Diego) has been working closely with the King family since their daughter was tragically murdered in late February.
“Public safety is my number one priority, and I share Assemblyman
Fletcher's goal of making our communities safer and protecting our kids from
sexual predators,'” Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said in a statement today.
“It is our job to make sure that we have the right laws in place that
will keep our children safe, and I applaud the Assembly Public Safety Committee
for passing this important legislation today,'' he said. “I look forward to
working with Assemblyman Fletcher and the rest of the legislature to make
`Chelsea's Law' a reality and create harsher penalties for those that prey on
children.''
John Gardner plead guilty to all charges for the murder of Amber Dubois and Chelsea King on Friday afternoon in a San Diego. In return the sexual predator will not face the death penalty.
The plea agreement states Gardner will get life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Amber Dubois, 14, went missing in February of 2009 and her body was recovered after Chelsea King’s murder took place in March of this year. Gardner was believed to be the killer of the Dubois case after DNA evidence linked the sexual predator to the King murder.
There has been speculation that Gardner was taken out of jail to show investigators the location of Dubois’ body in order to receive life in prison instead of the death penalty. Authorities also report Gardner is the potential perpetrator of other missing girls in Southern California.
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Comments
While the victims parents and other advocates of this latest and greatest law have the right idea, it sounds like if the sentencing judge simply took the advise of the evaluating psych, this would have been a non issue.
Of course, if California population of liberal sheep simply followed out time honored by increasingly popular National tradition of arming themselves for self defense, we would have far less problems with two legged predators.
To: Assemblymember.Fletcher@assembly.ca.gov
Subject: I DO NOT support your effort to create Chelsea's Law
ARE YOU KIDDING!!!! NEVER AGAIN!!
Why not pass laws punishing parents for neglect. Allowing any child to take risks by not following simple safety rules is itself a crime. You are simply another politician trying to get reelected upon the backs of others. Since you have no other appreciable talents other than lying and political posturing your obvious pursuit is to cause unjustified public hysteria to gain votes. This seems to be the only way you are capable of making your money. Just as this so called Megan's and Jessica's law as predicted would fail in spite of politicians continuous campaigning you still dare to even mention the introduction of another failure before it happens. It is quite obvious the political intent here as with the other failed laws. Will we run out of names for laws before you are done?
I think a better goal for you would be to generate politic
Let me ask you this Patriot? Have you ever lost a loved on to murder? Has anyone you know or have known in the past been raped and killed? You have alot of nerve saying what you did. If that was my daughter or someone else I knew for that matter, I would not stop until something was done! Yes, it may seem far fetched but there is that slight possibility of something happening, who is to say the bill won't be passed? Definately, NOT YOU! Instead of being so negative, try being supportive, even through words on a computer screen, give hope to a family that has lost their daughter, sister, niece etc... Don't be so harsh.
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