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A state appeals court on Tuesday upheld a life sentence for the man who killed 7-year-old Megan Kanka, but in a mixed decision it also ordered a lower court to reopen part of the case and decide whether trial lawyers botched his defense. The ruling starts a new thread in the long-running case that prompted Megan's Law, now a national standard for states keeping track of child predators.
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People convicted of some of the most heinous sex offenses can move to Pennsylvania to disappear, police say, and there's little officers can do about it. The state's Megan's Law left a loophole for out-of-state sex offenders who must register their whereabouts for their entire lives. The General Assembly is trying to correct the problem this year, after a bill to fix it failed last year.
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As with similar sites in other states, Pennsylvania's "Megan's Law" Web site (www. pameganslaw.state.pa.us) was created after the 1994 death of Megan Kanka. The New Jersey girl was killed by a neighbor who, unbeknownst to the community, was a convicted sex offender. The sites are supposed to inform residents about potential predators - but their effectiveness, obviously, can be undermined by a single keystroke. Because [Leon Abramovitz]'s last name was typed into the database with a "w" instead of a "v," for example, a search for his name produces no records. Sometimes the information we get is inaccurate," [Linette Ouinn] says. "And sometimes the users have the wrong information - they're searching for a name they've spelled wrong. Abramovitz's (misspelled) name indeed appears in a l...
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HARRISBURG -- The state's prosecutors are seeking to plug a loophole in Megan's Law that allows convicted sex offenders moving to Pennsylvania to escape penalties for failing to register. Fixing the law is the top concern of the Pennsylvania District Attorneys Association, Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams said Thursday.
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EAST COCALICO TWP.: A burglar entered Quality Mulch Products, 265 Hahnstown Road, on Monday and took an undetermined amount of cash, township police said. LANCASTER: Taylor M. Wike, 20, of 731 Beaver St., was charged after he broke the window of a vehicle, causing $200 damage, Tuesday in the 700 block of Beaver Street.
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HARRISBURG, Pa., June 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Auditor General Jack Wagner said today that the state's Megan's Law website has improved in recent years but it still has significant problems with accuracy and usefulness. In a special report released today, Wagner gave the state's Megan's Law website an overall grade of C-, with marks of C- for offender photographs, B for information provided, D for search functions, and D- for features and tools. The advocacy group Parents for Megan's Law gave Pennsylvania's Megan's Law a grade of D four years ago when it issued report cards for every state.
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WASHINGTON - Megan's Law soon could go international. The law, named after Megan Kanka, a 7-year-old New Jersey girl who was raped and killed by a neighbor in 1994, requires convicted sex offenders to be registered with the government, making it easier to track their whereabouts. Their names can then be put into databases, allowing the public to do a quick online check to determine where offenders reside.
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Sex offenders beware: Megan's Law is up for review. In January, a committee of legislators, law officers, defense attorneys and victims' advocates will discuss changes to Megan's Law, the system designed to alert police and the public to the whereabouts of sex offenders.
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Two nonprofit organizations have launched two new services to help citizens make better use of the state Megan's Law sex offender database. Parents for Megan's Law and the Crime Victims Center have teamed up to offer a tip line to report sex offenders believed to be in violation of of their requirements as well as a National Megan's Law Helpline to provide information and resources and help people access the database, organizers said in a written statement.
