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Megan’s Law For Those of you who do not know this law was named for Megan Kanka, a little seven year-old girl whose life was ended prematurely when she was raped and strangled in 1994 by a neighbor, a twice-convicted pedophile named Jesse Timmendequas. Imagine your thirty years-old, your married with two kids, living in your dream home in what you think is a safe neighborhood. Until one day you find out that your neighbor, the one who would watch your house when you went on vacation or watch your kids when you had a quick errand to run and couldn`t get the sitter, was molesting your four year-old daughter. It`s kind of hard to believe, but this is happening all around the world and becoming a reality for far too many people. We need to protect our innocent children. Every child is vulnerable to sexual abuse. Todays parents must face the possibility that someone may hurt or take advantage of their child. Child molestation is no longer a secret or something that can only happen to other people. It crosses all socio-economic levels. Sex offenders come in all shapes and sizes, from any part of society and can be of any sexual preference. Almost all abusers are some