Megan's Law 2

“Tragically, there is little we can do to help the innocent children who already have been victimized in this horrible, horrible way, but, we can-and we must-do everything possible to prevent that horror from happening to other children.” Pennsylvania’s governor, Tom Ridge, said this while talking about the horrible crimes of child molestation. There have been many cases in this country of these types of crimes, and unfortunately, no one had made any effort …

…has passed a bill based on Megan’s Law. These types of laws have the potential to be very effective, but for that to happen, every state has to use and enforce the same laws. Maureen Kanka, Megan’s mother, once said,” We need uniformity across this country to successfully protect our children from pedophiles.” Maybe if someone had put some form of notification laws into effect earlier, Megan Kanka would be alive today. Endnotes