Wishing the Paws and Claws a Happy Easter

Justice for Jessica

When tomorrow starts without me,

Don't consider us apart,

For every time you think of me,

I'm right here, in your heart.

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Outside the courtroom, Lunsford said that he knew "justice would prevail" but that the case wouldn't be complete until the sentence was imposed. "It is sad that I can't see and touch my daughter but she's still here with me, she's here now with us."

Mark Lunsford, Jessica's father, is now working with the group "Stop Child Predators," which advocates for stricter penalties and an integrated nationwide sex offender registry.

"I can't get my hands on the guy that murdered my daughter so I've made it my job to make the rest of these sexual offenders and predators' lives miserable, as miserable as I can," he said.


Victims remembered:

Nixzmary Brown, (7) Brooklyn, NY – 1/11/06

Carlie Brucia, (11) Sarasota, FL – 2/1/04

Matthew Cecchi, (9) Oroville, CA – 11/14/98

Jeffrey Curley, (10) Boston, MA – 10/1/97

Dantrell Davis, (7) Chicago, IL – 10/13/92

Marcus Fiesel, (3) Union Township, OH – 8/4/06

Miranda Gaddis, (13) Oregon City, OR - 3/8/02

Jetseta Gage, (12) Cedar Rapids, IA – 3/24/05

Erica Green, (3) Kansas City, MO – 4/28/01

Dylan Groene, (9) Coeur d'Alene, ID – 07/05

Amber Hagerman, (9) Arlington, TX – 1/17/96

Sherrice Iverson, (7) Los Angeles, CA - 5/25/97

Elisa Izquierdo, (6) New York City, NY – 11/22/95

Shakira Johnson, (11) Cleveland, OH – 9/13/03

Dennis Jurgens, (3) White Bear Lake, MN – 4/11/65

Charles Keever, (13) San Diego, CA – 3/27/93

Megan Kanka, (7) Hamilton Township, NJ – 7/29/94

Polly Klaas, (12) Petaluma, CA – 10/1/93

Kimberly Leach, (12) Lake City, FL – 2/9/78

Nadine Lockwood, (4) Washington Heights, NY – 8/31/96

Jessica Lunsford, (9) Homosassa, FL - 2/27/05

Cary Medlin, (8) Greenfield, TN – 9/1/79

Amy Mihaljevic , (10) Bay Village, OH – 10/27/89

Justina Morales, ( 8) Brooklyn, NY – 12/31/95

Destiny Norton, (5) Salt Lake City, UT – 7/16/06

Holly Piirainen, (10) Grafton, MA – 8/5/93

Ashley Pond, (12) Oregon City OR -1/9/02

Derrick Robie, (4) Savona, NY - 8/2/93

Jacob Robel, (6) Blue Springs, MO – 2/22/00

Samantha Runnion, (5) Stanton, CA - 7/15/02

Jimmy Ryce, (9) Homestead, FL – 9/11/95

Jonathan Sellers, (9) San Diego, CA – 3/27/93

Laura Kate Smither, (12) Friendswood, TX – 4/3/97

Marcia Trimble, (9) Nashville, TN - 2/25/75

Danielle van Dam, (8) Sabre Springs, CA- 2/2/02

Adam Walsh, (6) Hollywood, FL - 7/27/81

Christina Williams, (13) Seaside, CA - 6/12/98

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The pure, the bright, the beautiful

that stirred our hearts in youth,

The impulses to wordless prayer,

The streams of love and truth,

The longing after something lost,

The spirit's longing cry,

The striving after better hopes--

These things can never die.

~ Charles Dickens