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2. Megan's Law - Wikipedia

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   Megan's Law is the name for a federal law (and informal name for subsequent state laws) in the United States requiring law enforcement authorities to make information available to the public regarding registered sex offenders. Laws were created in response to the murder of Megan Kanka, who was raped and murdered by her neighbour, Jesse ...

3. Sex offender registries in the United States - Wikipedia

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   In 1947, California became the first state in the United States to have a sex offender registration program. [11] C. Don Field was prompted by the Black Dahlia murder case to introduce a bill calling for the formation of a sex offender registry; California became the first U.S. state to make this mandatory. [12]

4. Constitutionality of sex offender registries in the United ...

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   The constitutionality of sex offender registries in the United States has been challenged on a number of state and federal constitutional grounds. While the Supreme Court of the United States has twice upheld sex offender registration laws, in 2015 it vacated a requirement that an offender submit to lifetime ankle-bracelet monitoring, finding it was a Fourth Amendment search that was later ...

5. Heartwarming story of man missing 25 years is darker. He's a ...

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   A photograph of Thomas Manizak which appears on California's Megan's Law website, which lists registered sex offenders in the state.

6. Sex offender who repeatedly violated Megan's Law stays in ...

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   TOMS RIVER - A registered sex offender from Toms River who repeatedly violated the terms of Megan's Law will remain in jail to await trial in the recent kidnaping and rape of a 14-year-old girl, a ...

7. United States National Sex Offenders Public Registry

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   State sex-offender registration and notification programs are designed, in general, to include information about offenders who have been convicted of a "criminal offense against a victim who is a minor" or a "sexually violent offense," as specified in the Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration Act ("the Wetterling Act") [1] – more specifically ...

8. Experts say sex offender registries don't work. Can they be ...

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   A number of state-level courts have ruled that certain elements of some registry laws are unconstitutional, particularly rules that require juvenile offenders to register for life. Despite the ...

9. Sex offender registry - Wikipedia

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   The Australian National Child Offender Register (ANCOR) is a web-based system that is used in all states and territories. Authorized police use ANCOR to monitor persons convicted of child sex offences and other specified offences once they have been released from custody, or after sentencing in the event a non-custodial sentence is imposed.