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This is wonderful news in Melbourne's Herald-Sun today (ie Australian newspaper):
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/mo...f-north-carolina/story-fn7x8me2-1226211894722
Zahra's Law comes into effect in US state of North Carolina
AAP From: AAP December 02, 2011 6:37AM
A TOUGH new law inspired by the murder and dismemberment of 10-year-old disabled Australian schoolgirl Zahra Baker has come into effect in North Carolina.
Zahra's Law makes dismembering human remains in North Carolina a Class 1 felony, allowing prosecutors to seek stiff penalties against offenders.
The law also makes it a felony to secretly dispose of a body or conceal a death.
Baker, born in the NSW country town of Wagga Wagga, moved with her father, Adam Baker, to the US after he met North Carolina woman Elisa Baker online and wed.
Elisa, 43, entered a guilty plea to Zahra's murder and dismemberment in September and is serving a 15 year prison sentence that outraged the local community because it was considered not harsh enough.
Zahra, who at the age of five had her lower left leg amputated after battling bone cancer, was reported missing from the family's Hickory, North Carolina, home on October 9, 2010, and weeks later parts of her body and prosthetic leg were found tossed in bushland.
AAP From: AAP December 02, 2011 6:37AM
A TOUGH new law inspired by the murder and dismemberment of 10-year-old disabled Australian schoolgirl Zahra Baker has come into effect in North Carolina.
Zahra's Law makes dismembering human remains in North Carolina a Class 1 felony, allowing prosecutors to seek stiff penalties against offenders.
The law also makes it a felony to secretly dispose of a body or conceal a death.
Baker, born in the NSW country town of Wagga Wagga, moved with her father, Adam Baker, to the US after he met North Carolina woman Elisa Baker online and wed.
Elisa, 43, entered a guilty plea to Zahra's murder and dismemberment in September and is serving a 15 year prison sentence that outraged the local community because it was considered not harsh enough.
Zahra, who at the age of five had her lower left leg amputated after battling bone cancer, was reported missing from the family's Hickory, North Carolina, home on October 9, 2010, and weeks later parts of her body and prosthetic leg were found tossed in bushland.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/mo...f-north-carolina/story-fn7x8me2-1226211894722