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Op-Ed: Jessica’s Law works
By Los Angeles Times
Published: 12/03/2007

CALIFORNIA - t's been a little more than one year since California voters overwhelmingly approved Proposition 83, known as "Jessica's Law," a measure that strengthens sex offender laws and makes our neighborhoods safer.

As one of the authors of California's Jessica's Law, I am confident to say the measure is working well in our legal system — although The Times has said otherwise, all but declaring Jessica's Law a failure based on the state's slow execution of two provisions — distancing and GPS monitoring of offenders. While the sluggish approach to put these provisions in place has frustrated me, Jessica's Law is far from a failed law. In fact, almost every other aspect of the law is fully in place. Read more.

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