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“Terry Brown” tbonewichita@ wrote:
My problem isn’t with the PJ group. My problem is with Jessica’s Laws, which will now impose penalties on these often first-time offenders with effectively life sentences. Mark Lunsford really has no clue the wide-spread impact that his actions, which are based out of his deep hurt rather than the thinking of a rational person, will have on our nation. Our lawmakers have exhibited gross abuse of power by enacting laws of this magnitude without serious impact studies. We went from one extreme to the other with these laws rather than trying to find a balanced solution with mandatory incarceration rather than probation and mandatory lengthy periods of supervision with intensive treatment programs.
“lead_brick_head” tsmb1970333@ wrote:
I read an interview Lunsford gave in England who is now struggling with this issue and he does know.
When his opponent (?) mentioned how four people had been killed because of the registries, he shooed the fact away by saying, “But those sex offenders had so much potential to harm other people.”
He knows, he considers them dispensible.
32 years ago, it was very difficult to convict most on child sexual or any kind of abuse really. The pendulum is still swinging very, very far from center, but there are people working on slowing down the swing.
We need to keep on advocating for not only SOs, but also for survivors, innocent victims of these laws, people will eventually understand that things have gone to far and bring the pendulum somewhere back where it belongs, in the middle. I also love the way you think of PJ. I agree completely.
shrlelwry wrote
Last night I was working on a letter about the Lunsford case. I must read the trial transcipts before showing my ignorance but see what you think of the concept.
Dear Geraldo,
If you are going to do a show on Jessica Lunsford’s death, how about getting some facts.
“He raped her and raped her and stuck her in a closet when the cops came nosing around and then he got her out of the closet and raped and raped her some more and all these people should have a surgically implanted chip so that we know exactly where they are at any given time and would not have to worry” Those are your words.
How many people killed Jessica?
When did you decide that Couey was guilty?How much do you remember of those free love, pot smoking days? You were out humping your life away and quite proud of it. If your little groupies started talking you would officially become one of the incurable. Of course, you wouldn’t kill a kid. There are about 600,000 other sex offenders who would not kill a kid but they are being punished for the crime.
In the trial the prosecutor brought up the polygraph results and stated that Couey did not want to know the results. You and I both know that is a trick used by attorneys to get information in without telling the results. I WANT TO KNOW THE RESULTS!! I would bet my shirt that the results were inconclusive. There is no other explanation for this song and dance routine. Be a reporter. Get the facts.
“He raped her and raped her, hid her in a closet when the police came around and then raped her and raped her” When did he do all of this?
I know he confessed to having her 7 days. He also confessed to having her 5 days. The medical examiners report says that she was taken after 2AM and was dead before dawn on the same day. This means that she was held a very short time and was already buried when the search began. Why didn’t anyone notice the disturbed ground?
I believe that Mark Lunsford killed this child and Couey watched him bury her. Then Lunsford reported her missing, took the time to delete the child porn from his computer and then joined the search.Getting Couey to confess would not have been difficult. He was going to be convicted anyway. He asked for help in 1996 and was ignored. Perhaps this was the way to get it as well as a bed, meals and a roof over his head.
I need to reread the medical examiner’s report. There was nothing about DNA that would have been left behind when she was raped. Nothing was said about a link to Couey. In fact, I am not even sure the medical examiner mentioned rape in his report.
Lee-Lee wrote:
Oh, Shirley, I don’t know about this. Any defense of Couey replaced with an attack on the “grieving” father is not a good direction. Maybe a private discussion, but not a letter to Geraldo. I think this would be used against us in a heartbeat to demonstrate that “all SO’s stand up for each other no matter what they have done”
I’m all for a letter regarding the fact that “only one person murdered Jessica” and the rest shouldn’t have to pay. Take that tone, and I’m with you. Take this tone, and I hope it isn’t associated with SOSEN.
jean watson wrote:
I have to agree with Lee-Lee on this one.
ZMan6919 wrote:
It is my wish, that all these letters people are writing, are made generic, and placed into the files section of NATIONALSOSEN, so other people can grab a copy of them, add their info, and forward them on to people.
I thought we were going to do this. Instead of everyone wasting tons of hours writing their own. We need templates….
Betty Price wrote:
Zman,
This is Roar not Sosen. We believe that form letters do no good, at least I don’t. Don’t you get pissed off when you receive a form letter back from an elected official? I feel the letter needs to come from the heart.
Shirley Lowery wrote:
We don’t use form letters at SOSEN. We have discussed putting some sampler letters out to guide those who may not be able to say what is in their hearts.
Lee-Lee wrote
We are also looking at creating some fact sheets to assist people in commenting on articles or writing their own letters. It is the responsibility of people using such letters to alter them to the specific purpose or to reflect their situation or personal feelings. Not all people are skilled at letter writing, and it can be very time consuming. Providing some ideas to those who are uncomfortable creating their own materials will, I hope, benefit some people while not plastering identical materials all over message boards.
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