Reported by Eve Mueller

Convicted sex offenders in Ohio may be soon be forced to drive cars with a special license plate denoting their offense.

The proposed bill is called Kristen's Law, named for a 14-year-old girl who was kidnapped, raped and killed by a sex offender. Kristen Jackson was picked up by convicted sex offender Joel Yockey as she walked to the Wayne County Fair in the fall of 2002.

Nearly five years later, the pain is still real for her mother and father.

"It's been such a difficult time," said Kristen's mother, Sharon Jackson. "It's a struggle everyday. If we can represent Kristen, in a way her life will go on."

Under the proposal, the worst sex offenders - habitual sex offenders, predators, and child-victim predators - would have to display the plate on their vehicle for five years.

"It's too late for us, but we're concerned about your 5-year-old, it's not too late for her," said Kristen's father, Mark Jackson. "This is a small tool these animals can be identified with."

Offenders would face a criminal charge if they are caught without the plate, and enablers who loan vehicles to known offenders would face criminal charges, too.

If an offender moves out of state, they would get a green sticker.

If passed, Ohio would be the first state in the nation to require such a visual label.

For the spirit of their angel, Sharon and Mark Jackson hope the movement won't stop there.

"We want this to go national," Mark Jackson said. "They're not just in Ohio, they're everywhere."

10TV spoke with a local registered sex offender who said this would be a second sentence, once out of prison. A spokesperson for CURE Ohio, which supports former inmates, said the plates would demonize people, and it's more often not an ex-felon, but rather a neighbor or relative, who hurts a child.