Gerald Magee, a security guard that committed a string of sex offenses against little girls within days of being released from prison is believed to be the first prisoner in Scotland given a life sentence after being sent to the High Court by a sheriff.
Governor George Pataki signed into law amendments designed to strengthen the state’s Sex Offender Registration Act, known as Megan’s Law. While surrounded by a number of elected officials and Parents for Megan’s Law executive director, Laura Ahearn, Pataki signed the bill amending Megan’s Law this past Thursday, September 2. The amendments broaden the scope of sexually violent crimes for which a sex offender must register, make notification of a sex offender’s presence in a community more precise and clarify procedures for registration and determination of risk levels.
Governor George Pataki signed into law amendments designed to strengthen the state’s Sex Offender Registration Act, known as Megan’s Law. While surrounded by a number of elected officials and Parents for Megan’s Law executive director, Laura Ahearn, Pataki signed the bill amending Megan’s Law this past Thursday, September 2. The amendments broaden the scope of sexually violent crimes for which a sex offender must register, make notification of a sex offender’s presence in a community more precise and clarify procedures for registration and determination of risk levels.
NEW YORK
A computer in a child’s room can be a doorway to an electronic fantasyland that can lead to abduction, rape and even murder. Sexual predators in New York City sit down at their computers, every night and search for girls and boys ages 11 to 14. Some of these predators may actually unknowingly be talking to a female in her 30s, who is armed with a semiautomatic and carrying an FBI badge. An undercover operation, called Innocent Images, that the FBI has been building for the last two
Governor George Pataki hands Laura Ahearn, CSW, Executive Director of Parents for Megan’s Law, the first pen used to sign an amendment. The legislation closes loopholes in the previously unenforceable law.
Governor George Pataki hands Laura Ahearn, CSW, Executive Director of Parents for Megan’s Law, the first pen used to sign an amendment. The legislation closes loopholes in the previously unenforceable law.