{"id":2288001,"date":"2024-07-02T13:25:59","date_gmt":"2024-07-02T17:25:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-republicans-seek-to-enact-jocelyns-law-in-the-wake-of-12-year-old-girls-murder\/"},"modified":"2024-07-02T13:30:21","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T17:30:21","slug":"texas-republicans-seek-to-enact-jocelyns-law-in-the-wake-of-12-year-old-girls-murder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-republicans-seek-to-enact-jocelyns-law-in-the-wake-of-12-year-old-girls-murder\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Republicans Seek to Enact &#8216;Jocelyn&#8217;s Law&#8217; in the Wake of 12-Year-Old Girl&#8217;s Murder"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftexas-republicans-seek-to-enact-jocelyns-law-in-the-wake-of-12-year-old-girls-murder%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2288001&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses the proposed\u200c &#8220;Jocelyn&#8217;s Law&#8221; in Texas,\u2064 named after\u200c 12-year-old Jocelyn Nungaray who was murdered by two <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/its-happening-president-trump-issues-warning-swing-states-that-found-massive-voter-fraud-which-is-all-of-them-cannot-legally-certify-these-votes\/\" title=\"IT\u2019S HAPPENING: President Trump Issues Warning \u2013 Swing States that Found MASSIVE VOTER FRAUD, which is all of them, CANNOT LEGALLY CERTIFY these votes\">illegal immigrants<\/a>. The law\u200c aims\u200b to deny bail\u2063 for\u2062 all capital murderers in\u2064 the state. Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick predicts the passing of the law and also mentions enhancing &#8220;Lauren&#8217;s Law&#8221; to make the murder of any child under \u206415 a death-penalty-eligible offense. \u2063The article details the \u200ctragic \u200bmurder of Nungaray, the suspects involved, and the proposed actions\u2064 to seek justice. It also criticizes the federal government&#8217;s role\u200c in allowing \u2063such \u2064crimes\u200c to\u200c occur. The article\u2063 highlights the push for stricter\u200b laws and justice for victims of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/baltimore-prosecutors-indict-11-gang-members-with-slew-of-charges\/\" title=\"Baltimore prosecutors indict 11 gang members with slew of charges\">violent crimes committed<\/a> by illegal immigrants.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"> <?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/commentary\/\">  Commentary <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/michael-schwarz\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/michael-schwarz\/%20\"><span>Michael Schwarz<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   July 2, 2024 at 8:09am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>It amounts to a Band-Aid on a wound that requires a tourniquet. But at least someone in power wants to do something.<\/p>\n<p>Thursday on the social media platform X, Republican Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick of Texas predicted that the state legislature will pass \u201cJocelyn\u2019s Law,\u201d a bill named for 12-year-old Jocelyn Nungaray of Houston, who was brutally murdered on June 16 \u2014 allegedly by two illegal immigrants from Venezuela.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2018Jocelyn\u2019s Law\u2019 will allow Texans to vote to amend the Constitution to automatically deny bail for all capital murderers,\u201d Patrick wrote after leaving Nungaray\u2019s funeral.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/news\/jocelyn-nungaray-law-texas-lt-gov-bail-reform-12-year-olds-murder-houston\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KRIV<\/a> in Houston, each suspect is being held on a $10 million bond.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJocelyn\u2019s family was shocked any bail was given in this case,\u201d Patrick wrote.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/georgia-state-senator-reported-results-must-be-viewed-as-untrustworthy\/\" title=\"Georgia State Senator: \u201cReported Results Must Be Viewed As Untrustworthy\u201d\">lieutenant governor<\/a> then accused Texas House Democrats and RINO House Speaker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/rino-texas-house-speaker-major-election-trouble-trump-backed-opponent-forces-runoff\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dade Phelan<\/a> of obstructing past bail-reform bills.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI told Jocelyn\u2019s mom that the Texas Senate will pass bail reform once again and will not accept the House killing this legislation. It will be named after her daughter as \u2018Jocelyn\u2019s Law,\u2019 so her daughter\u2019s name will never be forgotten and will ensure capital murderers are not eligible for bail ever again,\u201d Patrick wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Then, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-florida-lieutenant-gov-nunez-desantis-is-americas-governor-florida-the-place-for-freedom\/\" title=\"Exclusive -- Florida Lieutenant Gov. Nunez: DeSantis Is &#039;America&#039;s Governor,&#039; Florida the &#039;Place for Freedom&#039;\">lieutenant governor predicted<\/a> another measure designed to punish those who murder children.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Texas Senate will enhance \u2018Lauren\u2019s Law,\u2019 making the murder of any child under 15 a death-penalty-eligible offense (currently, only the murder of a child under 10 is a death-penalty-eligible offense),\u201d Patrick wrote.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I just left the funeral of 12-year-old Jocelyn Nungaray. Her alleged killers, both here illegally, with one actually wearing an ankle monitor given to him by the federal government, are charged with brutally murdering her last week.<\/p>\n<p>Jocelyn\u2019s family was shocked any bail was\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Office of the Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick (@LtGovTX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LtGovTX\/status\/1806424275534094656?\">June 27, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesrecordnews.com\/story\/news\/2019\/06\/11\/laurens-law-signed-gov-abbott\/1425565001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Times Record News<\/a> of Wichita Falls, Texas, Republican Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/texas-governor-greg-abbott-delivers-warning-sanctuary-cities\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Greg Abbott<\/a> signed \u201cLauren\u2019s Law\u201d in June 2019. The bill, named for 13-year-old Lauren Landavazo of Wichita Falls, gave prosecutors the option to seek life in prison without parole for cases involving the murder of a child 10 or older but younger than 15. The previous law had left Landavazo\u2019s convicted killer eligible for parole after 30 years.<\/p>\n<p>Now, Patrick\u2019s promised enhancement of \u201cLauren\u2019s Law\u201d will make convicted murderers of children under 15 subject to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lawyers-for-woman-on-death-row-request-president-trump-grant-clemency-a-week-before-execution\/\" title=\"Lawyers for woman on death row request President Trump grant clemency a week before execution\">death penalty<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For Nungaray\u2019s alleged murderers, it turns out that prosecutors will have the option to seek the death penalty anyway.<\/p>\n<p>In March, Johan Jose Martinez-Rangel, 22, of Venezuela, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/illegal-immigrants-charged-horrific-death-12-year-old-released-u-s-border-patrol-weeks-prior\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">crossed illegally into El Paso, Texas<\/a>. Franklin Jose Pena Ramos, 26, also of Venezuela, did likewise in May. In each case, U.S. Border Patrol agents caught the suspects but then released them into the country.<\/p>\n<p>Surveillance video from June 16 showed the pair walking to a 7-Eleven convenience store with Nungaray. The girl had snuck out of her family\u2019s apartment.<\/p>\n<p>Then, the two illegal immigrants allegedly lured Nungaray to a bridge and murdered her. The next morning, a woman found the child\u2019s body in a creek and called 911.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Jocelyn Nungaray, 12, fought back with her dying breath \u2014 leaving bite and scratch marks on illegal migrant: prosecutors <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cqeM7Fb3Gb\">https:\/\/t.co\/cqeM7Fb3Gb<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/19XOoPwsPo\">pic.twitter.com\/19XOoPwsPo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 New York Post (@nypost) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nypost\/status\/1805637886248735074?\">June 25, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>At his first court hearing, Martinez-Rangel endured a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/illegal-immigrant-charged-12-year-old-girls-death-gets-hostile-reception-first-court-appearance-murderer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hostile reception<\/a> from grieving members of Nungaray\u2019s family.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, more details began to emerge.<\/p>\n<p>According to court documents, the suspects held Nungaray for two hours under the bridge. They reportedly tied her up, removed her pants and strangled her.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, the Houston Forensic Science Center <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/forensic-report-makes-murder-jocelyn-nungaray-even-sickening-death-penalty-now-table\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">confirmed<\/a> that Nungaray had also suffered sexual assault.<\/p>\n<p>That revelation made the case death-penalty eligible, according to Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg.<\/p>\n<p>Patrick, of course, deserves credit for pushing \u201cJocelyn\u2019s Law\u201d and the expected update to \u201cLauren\u2019s Law.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless, this case involves too many appalling details to justify celebrating anything.<\/p>\n<p>As Patrick noted in his tweet, the federal government had actually placed an ankle monitor on one of the suspects.<\/p>\n<p>In other words, if the suspects committed this crime, then the federal government made Nungaray\u2019s fate possible. Thus, President Joe Biden\u2019s open border has claimed the life of another American <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/illegal-immigrant-indicted-brutal-murder-16-year-old-cheerleader-face-death-penalty\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">child<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As outrageous as it sounds, federal officials know all about the criminals they have imported. But <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-regret-said-lincoln-riley-murder-suspect\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Biden<\/a> and Secretary of Homeland Security <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/mother-woman-allegedly-killed-illegal-immigrant-slams-biden-admin-comment-totally-depersonalizes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alejandro Mayorkas<\/a> could not care less. In fact, they have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/joe-biden-admits-goal-border-policy-orderly-flow\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">opened<\/a> the border <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/2024-election-biden-says-quiet-part-loud-reason-border-invasion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">by design<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In sum, let Texas adopt \u201cJocelyn\u2019s Law.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Then, when former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-vows-invoke-1798-law-handle-illegals-part-largest-deportation-operation-us-history\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a> returns to the White House, let us commence \u201cJocelyn\u2019s Mass Deportation.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>An Important Message from Our Staff:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We who work here at The Western Journal have fought for years against Big Tech and the elites who want to shut us down and then shut America down. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Make no mistake \u2014 nothing will be the same after November 2024. 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Dan Patrick of Texas announced plans for &#8220;Jocelyn&#8217;s Law,&#8221; a bill aimed at denying bail for all capital murderers in honor of 12-year-old Jocelyn Nungaray, who was tragically murdered by two illegal immigrants. The lieutenant governor also mentioned enhancing &#8220;Lauren&#8217;s Law&#8221; to make the murder of children under 15 a death-penalty-eligible offense. Despite these efforts, the case highlights the failures of the federal government&#8217;s immigration policies, with one of the suspects wearing an ankle monitor provided by the government. The tragic incident underscores the need for stricter border control measures<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2056,"featured_media":2288002,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Jocelyn.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[8983,33691,4349,3756,3694],"class_list":["post-2288001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-12-year-old","tag-jocelyns-law","tag-murder","tag-republicans","tag-texas"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Jocelyn.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2288001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2056"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2288001"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2288001\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2288002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2288001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2288001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2288001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}