Recently it seems a way to get a new law past is to name it after a dead child. The writers of the law believe that the new law would have prevented the child’s death. Also it makes opponets of the law look like jerks for voting against the law is like saying you’re gald the kid is dead.
But what I’m wondering is…
Are any of these laws named after boys? There are a bunch of laws named after little girls but I don’t recall any named after little boys.
What’s up with that?
This is ISTR, but:
If you look in your bike helmet, I think it names a federal bike helmet law after a little boy.
Isn’t there an “Adam’s Law” named after the host on “America’s Most Wanted”?
Does “Brady Bill” count? 8^)
Ernesto Miranda was twenty-one when he signed his confession. I suppose that doesn’t count. But here’s a bonus hunk of non-Morisseteian irony for you:
“Miranda died in 1976 at age 34 after being stabbed during an argument in a bar. The police arrested a suspect who chose to remain silent after being read his rights. The suspect was released and no one was ever charged with the killing.”
from http://www.courttv.com/legalhelp/lawguide/criminal/91.html
“The Coogan Law,” named after child actor Jackie Coogan (aka Uncle Fester). His parents spent all the millions he’d earned as a child star, leaving him flat broke by the time he turned 21. So a law was enacted, c1937, to help make sure at least SOME of the loot child actors earn is put away, safe from their parents.
The Lindbergh law, which makes kidnapping a federal offense, was named after Charles Lindbergh’s baby son(Charles Jr.?)
Kepler’s laws of planetary motion?
Murphy’s law? (or was that named after Murphy Brown?)
I give up what is ISTR?
“I give up what is ISTR?”
—That really bad movie with Dustin Hoffman and Warren Beatty.
If you’re referring to the Snell Memorial Foundation sticker it is not a law or even a federal standard but a not for profit organization that establishes helmet standards that exceed federal and other standards.
The Ryan White Act, which provides federal funds to pay for AIDS medicines, is named after a boy with AIDS who died.
“I seem to Recall”, which is even lower on the scale than IIRC “If I recall correctly.”
I knew about the Snell foundation, which was mentioned in my first helmet. However, my newer helmet had something else mentioned, too.
There is the Sherman Anti-Trust Act. Sherman was a boy. 
The Sherman Act is an example of naming the law after the Senator who introduced the measure into Congress. The Senator Sherman the act was named for was the brother of Civil War General William Sherman.
Well, he wasn’t a child and he’s not quite dead, but there’s the Brady Bill.
Not to mention that all laws are Bills before they’re passed. :D:D:D
If I was Sherman, I know I would have trouble trusting in a time machine built by a dog.
“Quiet, you.”
I followed the link Sofa King provided, and read the rest of the article. It says that Miranda’s conviction was overturned in 1966. He was retried, convicted again ,and served 11 years of his sentence, then he was paroled in 1972. I am not a lawyer, and maybe I’m missing some of the finer points here, but can somebody explain to me how that makes 11 years?
My WAG ( not having read the cite ) is that he got time served prior to his final conviction. So, he spent several years in prison, wending his way through the legal labrynths, and then some more time spent in prison AFTER the ultimate conviction.
CartooniverseWell, ok. But he was originally arrested in 1963. That’s still only nine years.
In New York State there is Kieran’s Law, which allows parents access to see if applicants for child care positions have any criminal record. It was named for a 10 month old baby boy who was killed by his nanny.
See
http://www.newsday.com/coverage/current/news/friday/nd8119.htm for an article about it.
This seems to be the type of law the OP was seeking.
In Fl, there is the Jimmy Ryce Act (sp?), with deals with sexual predators.