Megan's Law Pros And Cons

Many people see Megan’s Law as a necessity for different communities and neighborhoods. Others see it as a danger to the offender who will most likely not re-offend again. The main purpose of this essay is to understand and look at the different views on what advantages and disadvantages there are to Megan’s Law.

History Megan’s Law is named after a girl, Megan Kanka, who at only 7 years old was kidnapped, sexually assaulted then murdered in cold blood. The man who did this had a prior conviction for sexual assault. The murderer, Jesse Timmendequas moved across the street from Megan and her family. However, they did not have the proper resources to know about his criminal history. He was sentenced to death but never got put to death because

However, most states offer online browsers where you can search convicted sex offenders by name, city, or zip code. The information on this site usually provides the offenders last known address and information on the specifics of what type of crime they committed. In many states the sources provide a picture of the offender, and require offenders to put a sign in the window of their residency informing nearby citizens. The information will also be provided to local schools and

This would be beneficial to communities to know where these offenders live and what they look like so they could avoid them. Megan’s Law provides info about the offender’s conviction and a very detailed description of the offense. Even for non-violent offender’s this would be good for the community to know the identity of the person and a description of what they did. Lisa Squitieri stated, “It has been effective for what it was intended to be. It put sex offenders on notice and notifies the public. It does that