A permanent impression

The three jurors who spoke to media said some elements of the John Couey trial will forever haunt them.

Osvaldo Pradere, 47, an alternate juror, is the father of two young children.

"I will definitely hold them closer," he said, after hearing what happened to Jessica Lunsford. "It will change my life forever." Osvaldo was particularly upset that the girl had been taken from her own home.

Parents try to keep their kids safe in day-to-day life, at the mall, in the park.

"Unfortunately, in our society, our kids aren't even safe in their own homes, in their own beds," he said.

Thais Prado said she was most disturbed by the images of Jessica's corpse.

The gruesome pictures "are very alive in my mind," she said. "Those are images that are going to be very hard to forget, if I ever do."

-- Elena Lesley