Lemon Grove City Council Supports
Proposed "Matthew's Law"
19 January, 1999
Lemon Grove - The City Council on a
4 - 0 vote with 1 abstention passed a resolution calling for the state of
California to pass AB 4 by Assemblyman Steve Baldwin. The bill titled
"Matthew's Law", is in memory of 9 year old Matthew Cecchi who was
brutally slain in Oceanside on November 14, 1998.
Steve Baldwin's bill would make the murder of a child under the
age of 14, a death penalty special circumstance.
"The support for this legislation by local governments is growing," said
Assemblyman Steve Baldwin. "This is the type of support that we will have
to show in order to pass AB 4," Baldwin stated.
Several local governments including the County of San Diego, San
Diego City, La Mesa and the San Diego County Board of Education have passed
resolutions calling for the state to enact "Matthew's Law".
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