[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6134]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              CHILD KILLER

  (Mr. POE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. POE. Mr. Speaker, today is judgment day. A quiet voice is crying 
from the grave for justice; it is the voice of a 9-year-old girl named 
Jessica Lunsford.
  Jessica was kidnapped in the middle of the night from her home by a 
professional child molester; his name is John Couey. The criminal 
abused Jessica for several days and then buried her alive in his 
backyard. When found, Jessica had poked her tiny fingers through the 
plastic bag seeking air. Last week, a jury convicted the child killer 
of capital murder and the punishment hearing begins today in Florida. 
The State is seeking the death penalty.
  Mr. Speaker, evil doesn't get much worse than stealing, abusing and 
murdering little girls. Society cannot allow this type of conduct to 
occur. Society can only eliminate it. The punishment assessed on this 
criminal will set a price for this dastardly act. Hopefully the good 
people of Florida will, by their verdict, say to all child killers, 
leave our children alone or face an early meeting with your maker.
  And that's just the way it is.

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