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2. Megan's Law - Wikipedia

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   Before Megan's Law, the federal Jacob Wetterling Act of 1994 required each state to create a registry for sexual offenders and certain other offenses against children. . Under the Wetterling Act, registry information was kept for law enforcement use only, although law enforcement agencies were allowed to release the information of specific persons when deemed necessary to protect the p

3. 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 ...

4. Sex offender registries in the United States - Wikipedia

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   She said that if she had known that a sex offender lived across the street, Megan would still be alive. In 1994, New Jersey enacted Megan's Law. In 1996, President Bill Clinton enacted a federal version of Megan's Law, as an amendment to the Jacob Wetterling Act. The amendment required all states to implement Registration and Community ...

5. Megan's Law: A look back at how NJ became a model for ... - AOL

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   A look back at the disappearance and murder of 7-year-old Megan Kanka, which would spur Megan's Law. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290 ...

6. Sex offender registry - Wikipedia

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   Sign at the limits of Wapello, Iowa; sex offender-free districts appeared as a result of Megan's Law. Sex offender registries in the United States consist of federal and state level systems designed to collect information of convicted sex offenders for law enforcement and public notification purposes.

7. 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 ...

8. Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent ...

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   The law, enacted as part of the Federal Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, requires states to form registries of offenders convicted of sexually violent offenses or offenses against children, and to form more rigorous registration requirements for sex offenders. States must also verify the addresses of sex offenders annually ...

9. International Megan's Law to Prevent Child Exploitation and ...

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   The International Megan's Law to Prevent Child Exploitation and Other Sexual Crimes Through Advanced Notification of Traveling Sex Offenders is a federal law that requires, among other things, a visual "unique identifier" to be placed on the passports of registrants convicted of sex offenses involving a minor.