EXPEDITE APPEAL PROCESS FOR FELONY SEX OFFENSES COMMITTED AGAINST CHILDREN

Legislation

S.4512 (Senator Owen Johnson)(Passed Senate 05/30/01)

A.7493 (Assemblyman Steven Englebright)

Description

To expedite the appeal process for felony sex offenses committed against children

Summary

Parents For Megan's Law, the nation's largest Megan's Law Advocacy organization strongly supports the above referenced legislation.  If written into law this bill would prevent individuals convicted of all felony sex offenses against children from being released pending the outcome of an appeal and would expedite the appeal process to 90 days.