On May 17, 1996, President Clinton signed Megan's Law . Megan's Law goals include: 1. Sex Offender Registration - Each state and the federal government are compelled to register individuals who have been convicted of sex crimes against children. Sex offender registration laws are necessary because: sex offenders pose a high risk of re-offending after release from custody; protecting the public from sex offenders is a primary governmental interest; the privacy interests of persons convicted of sex offenses are less important than the government’s interest in public safety, and release of certain information about sex offenders to public agencies and the general public will assist in protecting the public safety. 2. Community Notification - Each state and the federal government are compelled to make private and personal information on convicted sex offenders available to the public. Community notification is based on the presumption that: it will assist law enforcement in investigations; establish legal grounds to hold known offenders; deter sex offenders from committing new offenses, and offer citizens information they can use to protect children from victimization. The criteria for implementing Megan's Law are left up to the states as long as they follow certain specific guidelines which results in disparities among states. For instance, many states make information on registered offenders available on the Internet while some states barely make the information available at all. The KlaasKids Foundation interactive map has explained each states Megan's Law policy by category, with an emphasis on Internet access to the information since 1996. We believe that we offer the closest thing to a national online sex offender registry that exists. Just click on your state and see how protected you are. Updated 05/16/01

Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky

Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota

Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington Washington, D.C. West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming

Alabama -- 2,063 Alaska -- 3,550 updated as of 1/22/01 Arizona -- 11,000 updated as of 1/29/01 Arkansas -- 2,533 updated 1/31/01 California -- 87,000 updated 1/30/01 Colorado -- 8,800 updated 1/30/01 Connecticut -- 2,075 updated 5/17/01 Delaware -- 854 updated 5/4/01 Florida -- 20,728 updated 1/30/01 Georgia -- 2,800 Hawaii -- 2,177 updated 4/4/01 Idaho -- 1,550 Illinois -- 12,212 updated 5/4/01 Indiana -- 11,800 updated 5/16/01 Iowa -- 4,000 updated 1/30/01 Kansas -- 1,820 updated 1/30/01 Kentucky -- 1,900 updated 1/31/01

Louisiana -- 5,708 updated 1/31/01 Maine -- 480 updated 5/16/01 Maryland -- 1,500 updated 6/27/01 Massachusetts -- 8,000 Michigan -- 26,715. as of 5/1/01 Minnesota -- 9,000+ Mississippi -- 1,496 Missouri -- 7,630 as of 5/1/01 Montana -- 1,906 updated 1/31/01 Nebraska -- 898 Nevada -- 2,548 as of 3/31/01. New Hampshire -- 1,784 New Jersey -- 7,447 updated 6/27/01 New Mexico -- 700 New York -- 11,500 updated 1/31/01 North Carolina -- 5,076 updated 1/31/01 North Dakota -- 1,227 updated 5/16/01

Ohio -- 5,875 updated 4/02/01 Oklahoma -- 3,731 updated 1/31/01 Oregon -- 10,000 updated 5/4/01 Pennsylvania -- 4,744 updated 5/16/01 Rhode Island -- 1,424 updated 5/16/01 South Carolina -- 4,602 updated 5/4/01 South Dakota -- 1,192 updated 5/16/01 Tennessee -- 5,000 updated 5/16/01 Texas -- 28,728 updated 2/5/01 Utah -- 5,192 - updated 1/22/01 Vermont -- 1,532 updated 5/16/01 Virginia -- 9,200 updated 5/16/01 Washington -- 15,289 Washington, D.C. -- 278 West Virginia -- 950 - updated 1/22/01 Wisconsin -- 12,000 updated 5/16/01 Wyoming -- 691 - updated 4/6/01

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