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Would You Know If Your Neighbor Is A Sex Offender? [AUDIO]

Convicted sex offenders are required to register under 'Megan's Law' so that law enforcement and communities know where they are living and how dangerous they are. Continue reading…

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The Disturbing New Way NJ's Sex Offenders are Thwarting Megan's Law [AUDIO]

A new report finds our kids may not be as safe as we think they are. See why. Continue reading…

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NJ Sides with Sex Offender in Megan's Law Case

A former New York City police officer has won an appeal to New Jersey's Supreme Court over his sentencing under Megan's Law. Continue reading…

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Lawmaker Aims For Crackdown On Sex Offenders In Cyberspace [AUDIO]

A New Jersey lawmaker is pushing a plan to force convicted sex offenders to identify their status on any online social networking site. Continue reading…

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Minors Caught Sexting Would Not Be Branded For Life [AUDIO]

Megan's Law would be revised in New Jersey under a new bill designed to improve community supervision of convicted sex offenders and to better protect kids. Continue reading…

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A Monthly Fee for Sex Offenders? [AUDIO]

New Jersey needs more money to better supervise and monitor convicted sex offenders. Two state lawmakers think charging the offenders a monthly fee is one way to do that. Continue reading…

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NJ Legislation Addresses Sex Offenders on Social Media Sites [AUDIO]

Do you know who else is on most of the social media sites your children are using? Continue reading…

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Do You Think Sex Offenders Need to be Registered on Social Media? [POLL]

A report today suggests NJ Legislation wants to create a measure where sex offenders would have to register on social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter. Continue reading…

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NJ Cracks Down on Child Porn Suspects [AUDIO]

Fourteen men are charged with possessing and distributing child pornography after being arrested as part of Operation Predator Alert. Continue reading…

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Sexting Minors Spared from Sex Registry

Minors in New Jersey who engage in sexting would not be placed on the state's Megan's Law registry. Continue reading…

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NJ Can't Watch All Megan's Law Offenders [AUDIO]

Dangerous sex offenders registered under Megan's Law are required to notify New Jersey authorities when they move, so that those offenders can be monitored 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Yet there...

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Measure Closes Sex Offender 'Loophole' [AUDIO]

The New Jersey Assembly has passed legislation to require community notification when a sex offender is transferred from prison to a halfway house. Continue reading…

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Are sex offenders near your kid's school bus stop?

New Jersey school districts may soon have to provide local police departments with a list of all school bus stop locations under legislation being sponsored by Assemblyman Ronald Dancer (R-Jackson)....

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Bill would make Megan's Law more effective

Sex offenders would have to provide more information for posting on New Jersey's Megan's Law registry if the Garden State's statutes were brought in line with the federal Sex Offender Registration and...

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Dennis Malloy and Bill Spadea: Why listing sex offenders is a bad idea (Video)

Dennis Malloy and Bill Spadea share their thoughts on whether or not sex offenders should have their whereabouts publicized to protect others. Continue reading…

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NJ sex offender registry doesn't include every sex offender

Halloween time is, sadly, also a time for parents to brush up on how many registered sex offenders there may be in their immediate area, and exactly where. But are you getting all the information you...

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Court: NJ sex offenders allowed to work with church youth groups

Sex offenders in New Jersey are allowed to work with children as long as they're part of a church group, an appellate judge decided this week. Continue reading…

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Is it time to revisit and revamp Megan's Law in NJ?

A proposed ban on sex offenders' use of social media was scaled back, and legislators are being urged to take a broader look at New Jersey's sex offender laws. Continue reading…

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NJ child rapist and killer, released 20 years early, back behind bars

Authorities say Milne hit a girl over the head with a piece of lumber, dragged her through the woods and tossed her into a stream, where she drowned. Continue reading…

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NJ sex offender arrested for lewdness in public park, cops say

According to police, Miguel Flores, a registered sex offender, was allegedly seen standing near a tree masturbating in an Allentown park. Continue reading…

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Next step for Megan's Law: Passport stamps marking sex offenders

The 1994 murder of a 7-year-old New Jersey girl by a repeat sex offender that prompted Megan’s Law has now gone international. Continue reading…

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Hey, NJ — 'Dead Kids Make Bad Laws'

Dead kids usually make for emotional, broad brush laws that do more harm than good. Continue reading…

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President Bill Clinton signs off on Megan's Law — May 17, 1996

On May 17th, 1996, President Bill Clinton signed Megan’s Law, which required community notification when a sex offender moved into to a neighborhood. Continue reading…

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NJ might compensate those wrongfully on sex offender registry

People wrongfully convicted of crimes could be compensated even if they pleaded guilty, under a bill that also covers people wrongfully on Megan's Law lists. Continue reading…

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Former shore music teacher admits child porn, faces eight years

The former choir director of Ocean Township High School can look forward to spending as many as eight years in prison for generating child pornography on the web, and targeting some of his own...

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This day in history — Clinton signs 'Megan's Law'

The law was named for Megan Kanka who was raped and murdered by a neighbor who had prior sex offenses. Continue reading…

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Megan's Law offender took pics of teen in Sicklerville: police

Talal Aridi is classified as a Tier 2, moderate risk sex offender in connection with a July 2018 incident to which he pleaded guilty. Continue reading…

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