Who Deserves Privacy?
The legitimacy of Megan's Law is a heated debate that is current in our society today. This law forces all sex offenders to make themselves known to their neighborhoods. Many questions have been brought forward in an effort to alter the specifics of the law, and even abolish it. The issue is black and white and splits the population into two groups for or against the cause. Some seem to think that the specifications of the law take away the privacy of the offender. The opposing view begs to differ and brings up the point that we must protect our innocent children. As a future mom in this country I choose the second view. The cycle of sex offenders needs to end somewhere and after committing such a heinous transgression it can be said that these people are ill and do not deserve to have their privacy.
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Sign, Wapello, Iowa. This was put up in reaction t...Megan's Law was brought about in 1996, and is defined on many websites. The most accurate is located in the California Office of Attorney General online at http://caag.state.ca.us/megan/index.htm in the following context:
Megan's Law is named after seven-year-old Megan Kanka, a New Jersey girl who was raped and killed by a known child molester who had moved across the street from the family without their knowledge. In the wake of the tragedy, the Kanka's sought to have local communities warned about sex offenders in the area. Now, California's Megan's Law arms the public with certain information on the whereabouts of dangerous sex offenders so that members of our local communities may protect themselves and their children. The law also authorizes local law enforcement to notify the public about high-risk and serious sex offenders who reside in, are employed in, or frequent the community. The law is not intended to punish...
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