Megan Kanka

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Megan Kanka

American crime victim

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Megan’s law
It is named after Megan Kanka, a seven-year-old New Jersey girl who was brutally raped and murdered in 1994 by a twice-convicted sexual offender who had been living across the street from her home. In various forms such statutes were passed by many U.S. states in the mid-1990s. In…
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It is named after Megan Kanka, a seven-year-old New Jersey girl who was brutally raped and murdered in 1994 by a twice-convicted sexual offender who had been living across the street from her home. In various forms such statutes were passed by many U.S. states in the mid-1990s. In…
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