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State representatives Bud Nornes, (far left) and Torrey Westrom (far right) sit at a testifying table with Travis and Lynn Johnson of Fergus Falls during a legislative hearing Thursday on Emily’s Law, at the State Office Building in St. Paul. Nornes, R-Fergus Falls, and Westrom, R-Elbow Lake, are authors of the bill that would reduce the age prosecuters could charge teens accused of serious crimes from 14 to 13. The legislation is in response to the 2006 death of the Johnsons' daughter, 2-year-old Emily Lynn, who died of a severe head injury one day after being assaulted by a 13-year-old boy at day care in Fergus Falls. After 12-6 committee vote in favor of the bill, it movrd forward and will be heard by a finance committee.