Packingham V. North Carolina First Amendment Case Study

On July 29, 1994, New Jersey resident Megan Kanka was lured into the home of Jesse Timmendequas, a convicted sex offender, with promises of seeing a puppy (Corrigan, 2006). Once she entered his house, she was raped twice, strangled with a belt, and suffocated with a bag (Corrigan, 2006). Timmendequas was arrested soon after and confessed to this crime (Corrigan, 2006). This event outraged Kanka's parents and the surrounding community (Corrigan, 2006). They used this tragic death to create Megan's Law as an addition to the Jacob Wetterling Crimes against Children Violent Offender Registration Act, which required sex offenders to register within their counties (Welchans, 2005). Megan's Law then added the requirement that the public be notified when a sex offender moves into the area (Levenson, 2007). While this law has support from many communities, it also has been under scrutiny by those questioning its constitutionality. The question is, does this law really protect communities or does it simply punish sex offenders after they are released?

Megan’s Law is a federal law that has changed the course of the criminal justice system in the United States of America. Prior to Megan’s law, convicted sex offenders were able to easily re-offend due to lack of public notification. In the year 2000, it is estimated that there were more than 248,000 sexual victimizations and over an 8-year period in the United States there were 366,460 attempted or completed rapes and sexual assaults (Welchans, 2005). The prevalence of sexual assault, rape, and pedophilia in the United States has sparked a large conversation over the last decade, which has led to the creation of several laws, including Megan’s Law. This analysis of Megan’s Law will focus on the positive aspects that implementing this law has

Megan’s Law is a federal law enacted in 1996 and required law enforcement authorities to make information available to the public regarding registered sex offenders (Megan's Law & The Adam Walsh Child Protection Act, 2000). Beforehand, sex offenders were only required to register with local law enforcement and were not required to notify the public of their status. Megan Kanka, a 7 year old girl, was raped and murdered by a twice-convicted sex offender living across the street from her. Her parents went on to attempt to change the law by demanding mandatory community notification of sex offenders. Megan’s Law was finally passed due to public opinion from Megan Kanka’s death, the unanimous decision in House and Senate, and the contributions

Megan Kanka was seven-years-old when she was brutally raped and murdered by a neighbor Jesse Timmendequas on December 7, 1986. Prior to killing Megan Kanke, Jesse Timmendequas was convicted of sexually assaulting two young girls and sentenced to prison (Glaberson, 1996). Upon his release from prison, Jesse moved into the neighborhood where Megan lived with her family, Jesse lured Megan to his home where he brutally raped and murdered her (Glaberson, 1996). This horrific case is what lead to the enactment of Megan’s Law which was first signed into law in 1996. Megan’s Law was an amendment to the Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration Act of 1994 (National Alert Registry, n.d.). The Jacob Wetterling Act is what initially implemented the sex offender registry and requires convicted sex offenders to

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

On 7/13/15 worker made an unannounced visit to the residence of Mr. Lawson Lovett, for the purpose of monitoring the situation and gathering information. During today 's home visit, Mr. Bobby Lovett informed worker he did not want to fill out VA NH application because he had done that before and Mr. Lawson Lovett was denied due to him registered as a sex offender. Mr. Bobby Lovett provided worker with documentation. The documentation stated the crime happened in Biloxi Mississippi 4/28/1993. According to Mr. Bobby Lovett, Mr. Lawson Lovett returned to Alabama in 1998 or 1999. At this time, he moved in with Mr. Bobby Lovett at his current residence.

The federal law, “The Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006”, took effect July 27, 2006 signed by President Bush. It established the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act, also known as “SORNA”. This law played a big role to make federal laws stronger and protect those who cannot protect themselves. It helped to prevent our children from sexual crimes, and and make the internet safer. If failure to register, it’s a federal criminal penalty of up to 10 years of imprisonment. Among its many requirements, the sex offenders are divided into three tiers and having different registry periods for each.

Megan’s Law was created in 1994 in honor of Megan Kanka a seven-year-old who lived in Township, New Jersey that was coaxed into a known pedophile's house while outside her home riding her bike with the promise of seeing a new puppy. (Schapiro, 2014) Therefore, she was raped and murdered by this known pedophile who lived in her community named Jesse Timmendequas. Megan Kanka’s body was discovered in Mercer County Park. (Schapiro, 2014) Jesse Timmendequas lived across the street from Megan Kanka and had two prior convictions for sexual assault in which he had been released after serving a maximum sentence. (Schapiro, 2014) Megan's Law is the common term for state and federal laws that require the whereabouts of high-risk sex offenders through

America has a strict law, which protects our citizens from predators; sex offender registries are exemplifications. In the article “Protect Yourself, Family From Sex Offenders,” Rick Schneider argues that sex offender’s name should not be taken off even after they had served their time. Many can argue that registries are a good way for the government authorities to keep track, and to protect the community from any violence caused by sex offenders. For example, many people may believe the registry protects people from predators because it allows others to know where the predators are and how likely they are to strike again. On the other hand, some people consider that it is “horribly unfair” to release the names and addresses of offenders that

I believe that the existence of sex offender registries can offer a positive effect especially for families and parents who want to know if a certain community is safe for their children and it also helps police officers narrow down the location if an offender committed another criminal act. If anything, I believe that the registries need to be updated and not abolished completely. The activities of a sex offender should in fact be monitored and tracked. However, registered sex offenders who committed less serious acts should not be registered for a lifetime. One stupid mistake a person made years ago should not make them a sex offender for life. Just like Maine, Connecticut should change their registry so offenders can only be listed for however

He docent took into consideration that “ having so many petty sex offenders on registries makes it hard to keep track of the truly dangerous one, and that the majority of sex offenses aren 't reported” (The Economist 656). In the essay of the Economist (2009) talks about public registers drive serious offenders underground, which makes it harder to track and more likely to reoffend.And registers give parents a false sense of security (656) . On top of that we cannot be sure of his credibility because all of the examples that he gave are from people that call him, so it docent have a name, we cannot be sure if these persons are even real. And he is defending why the newspaper keeps publishing the names of sex offenders even that maybe people docent what to give them more recognizement or maybe they are not really sex offenders. As a writer for the newspaper we can 't be really sure if his really wants to

When registering as sex offenders, people are required to provide a range of information, including their name, date of birth, social security number, and their permanent or temporary legal addresses. Additionally, they must provide their place of employment and occupation; the makes, models, and vehicle identification numbers for any vehicles that they own; their phone numbers; and their Internet identifiers and email addresses. If there are any changes to any of this information, such as a move or a name change, those registered as sex offenders are required to re-register within 48 hours.

The Parole division will monitor sex offenders using the following policy. The goal of this policy will help improvise the system administration of sex offenders in the State of California owning sex offenders liable for the damage created by sexual abuse crimes with the conclusive objective of spotting potential harm to victims. In this structure to provide best of class safety to the community, offenders shall be closely monitored and comply with these restrictions. The offender shall be restraining to follow three purposes, which are no contact what so ever with children, unnoticed visits to home and work and GPS monitoring. The main purpose will oversee the offender behavior and restrain the offender within prefer barrier set by the parole officer and enhance public security.

All sex offender are required to wear a satellite monitoring devices to locate their location. It has been establishing by the law that once a sex-offender is release from prison that he or she will have to be monitor for the rest of their lives. However, the sex-offender register is in place for the safety of the offender and the community. Because of the nature of this crime, it is untreatable due to a mindset that only the offender can free themselves from when they allow a therapy to help. I am not concerned with a drug dealer or murder because a drug dealer can not focus themselves upon a person unless that person has a desire for the drug and a murder may have committed their crime in order to protect themselves or they lost themselves

Mr. Carroll is a Tier 3 Sex Offender on GPS Monitoring. On 02/28/17 0530, Officer Mason received phone call from the Dover Monitoring Center in regards to Mr. Carroll GPS anklet. Mr. Carroll has a strap tamper and Officer Mason and RP responded to Mr. Carroll’s last GPS location 448 North Street Milford, DE 19963 (Mr. Carroll’s mother residence). When Officer Mason and RP responded to the residence, Officer Mason noticed that she did not have the proper equipment to fix Mr. Carroll’s strap. RP instructed Mr. Carroll to come to the office at 0900. Also, RP told Mr. Carroll that he can’t sleep at this address due to the fact that it’s a school less than 500ft of the address. Mr. Carroll stated that he was aware of that and he goes to his mother house to take a shower.