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Megan's Law

            
             Megan's Law is named after seven-year-old Megan Kanka, a girl who was raped and killed by a known child molester who had moved across the street from the family without their knowledge. Currently all 50 states have either a law enacted or are proposing Megan's Law which requires the registration of all people convicted sexual crimes because sex offenders are more prone to re-offend and it assists in protecting the public. The law requires the registration if convicted of a sex offense or certain types of kidnapping and the various laws that require registration.
             Megan's Law and Childhood Sexual Abuse Prevention.
             Megan's Law is named after seven-year-old Megan Kanka, a girl who was raped and killed by a known child molester who had moved across the street from the family without the community's knowledge. The neighbors didn't know for sure about the Jesse Timmendequas" criminal history or the background of the other two men that lived in the house, but the neighbors suspected there was something different about them. One neighbor later told police that she trimmed the branches of the tree in front of her house, the better to keep an eye on the comings and goings at the house. The neighbors had good reason to be suspicious. Jesse Timmendequas and one of his roommates were convicted sex offenders. Megan's Law authorizes the local law enforcement to notify the public about serious sex offenders and convicted kidnappers that reside, are employed, or frequently visit the community. This law is not intended to punish the offender and specifically prohibits using the information to harass or commit any crime against the offender. Currently all 50 states have either a law enacted or are proposing Megan's Law which requires the registration of all people convicted sexual crimes because sex offenders are more prone to re-offend and it assists in protecting the public.
             By the time Jesse was 20 years old; he had an extensive criminal record and was showing signs that indicated his tendency to be a sexual predator.


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1. Megan's Law

The Federal Law H.R 2137, commonly known as Megan's Law, was put into action in 1996 after the rape and murder of seven year old Megan Kanka. ... In order for Megan's Law to truly be effective, the original statutes outlined in the New Jersey version of Megan's law, must be implemented in the Federal Version. ... Johnson, are all public advocates and supporters for Megan's Law. ... Megan's Law has the power to change lives. ... Megan's Law will help to do this. ...

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2. Megans Law

Megan's Law is a law that very few people know about. Recently there was a survey done at Defiance High School about Megan's Law . The first question asked was "do you know what Megan's Law is and if so do you agree with it?... The federal version of "Megan's law- was signed by Mr. ... So it would seem that Megan's Law is working to some effect (Bill Bickel 1). ...

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3. Megan

Megan's Law For Those of you who do not know this law was named for Megan Kanka, a little seven year-old girl whose life was ended prematurely when she was raped and strangled in 1994 by a neighbor, a twice-convicted pedophile named Jesse Timmendequas. ... However despite much controversy Megan`s Law is constitutional. ... Megan`s law is the first step in recoginizing our need for stronger legislation to protest our innocent children from sexual predators. Megan`s law is the floor, not the ceiling. Even with Megan`s law we need alot mor...

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4. The New Era of Cyberbullying

One large scale example that brought about a new law is the story of Megan Meier. Megan committed suicide after being cyber-bullied through the networking site, Myspace. ... A case like Megan's has brought attention to the public about cyberbullying (Alcorn, 2008). Megan Meier's mother, Tina Meier has become a huge advocate for laws and regulations on internet harassment and issues that deal with cyberbullying. ... Lori Drew, the mother of one of Megan's friends and neighbor had logged onto the site as 16-year-old Josh Evans and started the harassment of Megan (Alcorn, 2008). ...

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5. Making Sex Offenders Known to the Public

Megan's Law according to the Columbia encyclopedia "is a state or federal statute that requires the notification of public organizations and private citizens when a convicted sex offender has been released from prison and is present in the community. Megan's Law was created after the 1994 rape and murder of seven year old Megan Kanka. Megan Kanka was a seven year old girl from New Jersey who was lured to the house of a twice convicted sex offender. ... Later that day a search party was formed to look for Megan and the man who committed this crime even offered to help look for her. .....

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6. Child Abuse

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7. Compare And Contrast

The citizens of Hamilton Township, along with thousands of people from around New Jersey were "outraged" by what had happened to Megan. ... They also say that community notification will "destroy the efforts of thousands of law-abiding former sex offenders to re-build their life's." ... Midge Dector begins her article, "Megan's Law and The New York Times" by telling what happened to this little girl. ... Dector believes that the law is too soft on criminals. ... The times makes a good point saying, that "frightened citizenry" should not take the law into their own hands. ...

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8. Sex Offender Registry

The first of these laws was put into effect in by the U.S. government in 1994, and new laws have been helping the system evolve into the programs and registry lists we have today. ... The next major piece of legislation came in 1996 with Megan's Law, which provides the public with the ability to access information from sex offender registries. Megan's Law also requires state and local law enforcement agencies to release relevant information necessary to protect the public about persons registered under a state registration program established under the Jacob Wetterling Act. ... Non...

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