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Abstract Megan's Law is named after seven-year-old Megan Kanka, a girl who was raped and killed by a known child molester who had moved across the street from the family without their knowledge. Currently all 50 states have either a law enacted or are proposing Megan's Law which requires the registration of all people convicted sexual crimes because sex offenders are more prone to re-offend and it assists in protecting the public. The law requires the registration if convicted of a sex offense or certain types of kidnapping and the various laws that require registration. Megan’s Law and Childhood Sexual Abuse Prevention Megan's Law is named after seven-year-old Megan Kanka, a girl who was raped and killed by a known child molester who had moved across the street from the family without the community’s knowledge. The neighbors didn’t know for sure about the Jesse Timmendequas’ criminal history or the background of the other two men that lived in the house, but the neighbors suspected there was something different about them. One neighbor later told police that she trimmed the branches of the tree in front of her house, the better to keep an eye on the comings and goings at the house. The neighbors had good reason t