Jesse Timmendequas

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. He was sentenced to death but never got put to death because on December 17, 2007 the New Jersey Legislature abolished the death penalty. His new sentence was life in prison without any possibility of parole.

Megan's Law - Protection More Important than Privacy In 1994, twice-convicted sex offender Jesse Timmendequas raped and murdered Megan Kanka, a seven-year old girl who lived across the street. In reaction to this emotionally-charged crime, Megan's home state of New Jersey ratified a community notification bill - dubbed "Megan's Law" - just three months later. This fall, a national version of the law went into effect, mandating that all fifty states notify citizens in writing of the presence

What nobody in the neighborhood knew was that Timmendequas was a convicted sex offender. With the tragic death of their daughter, the Kanka’s fought to have something done about the shadow communities seemed to be kept in when it comes to being aware of potentially dangerous neighbors. Legislation responded

Jesse was a convicted child molester who lived with two other registered sex offenders and lived near the young girl and her family at the time. After the rape and death of young Megan, a law was passed, known as “Megan’s Law” (Meloy). This law provides

Sex offenders can be described as a person who has committed any of a variety of offenses, including rape, child abuse, possession of child pornography, exhibitionism (flashing), and even consensual sex amongst teenagers.They can vary between adults or juveniles, male or female, and the perpetrators may even be strangers, acquaintances, or related to their victims. Based on the different characteristics and motivations for committing these heinous offenses, these offenders require different responses

was Megan’s Law. This law was created following the saddening incident involving the rape and murder of a seven year old girl, Megan Kanka. Megan and her family had been unknowingly living right across the street from Jesse Timmendequas, a formerly convicted sex offender. One day Jesse lured Megan to into his home with the false promise of letting her see his new puppy and then attacked the child. This terrible event set in motion this law that would require each state to register and track any formally

“Megan's Law is a term that describes laws designed to provide information and notification to communities when a potentially dangerous sex offender moves into the neighborhood.” Offenders register with authorities, then in an online registry. They just provide their name, address, photo and conviction information (Markos 1). This Law is a controversial topic. It is about a seven year old girl named Megan Kanka who was sexually abused and murdered by her neighbor across the street (Fodor 1).In spite

walking home after playing at a friends house. She had almost reached her front door when Jesse Timmendequas, 33, a landscaper who had lived across the street for a year invited her over to pet his new puppy ( Richard 1 )." " When Megan followed him inside, he led her to an upstairs bedroom, strangled her unconscious with his belt, raped her and then asphyxiated her to death with a plastic bag. Timmendequas then placed Megan’s body in a tool box, drove it in his pick-up truck to a near-by soccer

Sex offenders have been a serious problem for our legal system at all levels, not to mention those who have been their victims. There are 43,000 inmates in prison for sexual offenses while each year in this country over 510,000 children are sexually assaulted(Oakes 99). The latter statistic, in its context, does not convey the severity of the situation. Each year 510,000 children have their childhood's destroyed, possibly on more than one occasion, and are faced with dealing with the assault for

When one thinks of a young child one thinks of joy, innocence, and being carefree. Too often than not though that innocence is taken from a young child through sexual abuse. Studies have shown over and over again that a child who has been sexually abused carries those scars with them into adulthood, many times affecting adult relationships.                           When a