Jeff, I know that all states have not been as cooperative as the law intended. But some have and it's worth looking into on the net to see if it's there first. If not, then I guess one would have to got to the authorities for a list and locations. As a side note, in CA, when a home sells, there are required disclosures about the presence of known child molesters. At places on line you can give your zip code and a search is done to tell you the number of convicted offenders are living in that zip code. But it doesn't give names. There was a committee that pushed through Megan's Law. I would hope that those dedicated people would be willing to continue that organization as a non-profit agency, acquiring and posting on the net the names and locations of convicted child molesters. I wonder if they have a website or if the group still exists in some capacity. Since this perversion is not curable, I don't see how the public can be protected unless they either keep the convicts in prison for life or tell us who they are so we can be aware of who our neighbors are. If this makes life difficult for the molesters, so be it. It's the choice they made when they started hurting kids. I'm not in favor of doing doing personal harm to the perverts. Just keeping the kids away from them and making sure the kids know who they need to avoid and which homes and cars to never go into. Jan g. ----Original Message Follows---- From: ScismGenie@aol.com Reply-To: BLACKSHEEP-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com To: BLACKSHEEP-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [BSChat] Megan's Law Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 16:09:12 EDT In a message dated 5/14/2002 10:49:03 AM Pacific Daylight Time, zippywebgenie@hotmail.com writes: > Jack, you might want to check again on that. "Megan's Law" (federal) was > passed about 5 or so years ago to make that information available, > especially on the internet, where it's easy to reach. > The Flaw in Megan's Law is that it says that "law enforcement officials will make information available" NOT that they have to make it READILY available. Most jurisdictions take the vioew that if you come in to the station and ask about a particular PERSON, then they will say yes or no. That isn't the INTENT of the law, but it is how it is interpreted by th police departments, who were forced to do this, but not funded to do it. Some "civil rights" groups are trying (sometimes successfully) to block puvblishing of the whole list, it was PULLED from the internet in California, which is the State where Megan was abducted. (Where were these lawyers when the victim's rights were violated?) Check on the internet for "Megan's Law" and see what is happening nationally. Jeffery G. Scism, IBSSG, (http://blacksheep.rootsweb.com) ~~ Coordinator, C h u r c h i l l Nevada U S G e n W e b Site Co-Coordinator, Inmontgo-L, Montgomery County, Indiana, U S G e n W e b Site manager of the following Rootsweb Lists: B l a c k s h e e p, L a n d e s, L a n d i s, P e f f l e y, S c i s m, E n d i c o t t, S h i p w r e c k, Inmontgo (Mont. Co. Indiana), NVChurch (Churchill Co. Nv.) ==== BLACKSHEEP-CHAT Mailing List ==== Unsubscribe from the list: Mailto:Blacksheep-Chat-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe&body=unsubscribe ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx