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System Failed Chelsea King, Advocates Say

By David LohrMar 5th 2010 – 10:20PM
ZUMA Press

ZUMA Press

(March 5) -- The convicted sex offender charged with raping and murdering a 17-year-old Southern California girl received too lenient a sentence in an earlier attack and should never have been allowed back on the streets, the victim's parents and advocates say. The arrest of John Albert Gardner III, 30, in the death of...

Background on Jessicas Law

Jessica's Law is the informal name given to a 2005 Florida law, as well as laws in several other states, designed to punish sex offenders and reduce their ability to re-offend.

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