It's been nine months since Jessica Lunsford's death. This will be her family's first Christmas without her. Her father Mark says working to change sex offender laws throughout the country is how he ...

John Evander Couey looked straight ahead as Circuit Judge Ric Howard told him he should be executed for the 2005 crimes that led to new laws in many states cracking down on convicted sex offenders.

HOMOSASSA, Fla. — The convicted sex offender who authorities say confessed to kidnapping and slaying 9-year-old Jessica Lunsford returned to Florida in shackles today as her family grieved for the ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Attorneys and the father of a 9-year-old girl slain by a convicted sex offender said Tuesday the sheriff's office missed several opportunities to save her by failing the search ...

GALLOWAY – A state Senate vote on the Jessica Lunsford Act has been scheduled for Thursday, March 27, according to the District 9 delegation, which has cosponsored the legislation in both state houses ...

HOMOSASSA, Fla. — At Jessica Lunsford's church, the Rev. William LaVerle Coats asked his congregation to do the nearly impossible: Forgive the convicted sex offender accused of sexually assaulting and ...

Prosecutors doubt Jessica Lunsford was alive for long after she was kidnapped from her family's Homosassa home and say she may have been dead before sunrise. "The physical evidence is inconsistent ...

HELENA -- A lump formed in Mark Lunsford's throat when he discovered his 9-year-old daughter's empty bedroom, her alarm clock ringing in the early morning. He hoped Jessica was hiding from him or ...