Rapists, child molesters, and sexual predators: the list can keep going with the various names these monsters are called. Twenty-five years that’s how long it took the justice system to execute Roderick Nunley a man who fatally stabbed and raped a 15-year-old girl in 1989. The young lady whose life was cut short was waiting for the bus when this monster decided on a whim that he was going to kidnap her. Not only did Roderick Nunley rape her, but he also followed this with sodomizing her before brutally stabbing her repeatedly in the neck and stomach. The body of Ann Harrison was found three days later found in the trunk of a car. Does holding a man like this in prison actually work? The answer is it does not. According to Siverts, studies
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Although these laws are put into place, do they actually protect if one can recall less than thirty-nine percent of assaults are reported Tewksbury et al (2011)? Megan’s law was created after a pedophile moved into the neighborhood, and Megan was lured out of her house; she was than sexually abused, sodomized, and killed. No one knew that the man that had recently moved into the neighborhood was a sexual deviant. Shortly after the first version of Megan’s law was introduced, many states followed suit each interpreting the law differently. The law helped identify if a sexual offender lived in or around the neighborhood. In 1996, Congress passed Megan’s Law. It was a way for parents to protect their kids from sexual abusers (Viera, 2011). In July 2006, Congress passed another significant law for sexual offenders. It was the Adam Walsh Act; while this law was passed it was also meant for the other innocent children such as Megan that had died (Fabian, 2012). This law was meant to distinguish high-risk offenders that were more of a danger to society than their other counter parts. The law would also distinguish violent predators and those that would have a relapse. The Adam Walsh Act also has a second part to it; it’s called SORNA and is meant to be a catchall. Under the second part, sexual predators have to establish where they live, work, and their names. This is meant to create a national database so that wherever an offender goes citizens have an idea who they are dealing with. It’s rather unfortunate that these laws are not cost effective, when the state is going to be keeping track of some many different types of offenders more than likely it will come with a high price tag (Wang, 2014-15). SORNA would be a three-tier system ranking sex
Although these laws are put into place, do they actually protect if one can recall less than thirty-nine percent of assaults are reported Tewksbury et al (2011)? Megan’s law was created after a pedophile moved into the neighborhood, and Megan was lured out of her house; she was than sexually abused, sodomized, and killed. No one knew that the man that had recently moved into the neighborhood was a sexual deviant. Shortly after the first version of Megan’s law was introduced, many states followed suit each interpreting the law differently. The law helped identify if a sexual offender lived in or around the neighborhood. In 1996, Congress passed Megan’s Law. It was a way for parents to protect their kids from sexual abusers (Viera, 2011). In July 2006, Congress passed another significant law for sexual offenders. It was the Adam Walsh Act; while this law was passed it was also meant for the other innocent children such as Megan that had died (Fabian, 2012). This law was meant to distinguish high-risk offenders that were more of a danger to society than their other counter parts. The law would also distinguish violent predators and those that would have a relapse. The Adam Walsh Act also has a second part to it; it’s called SORNA and is meant to be a catchall. Under the second part, sexual predators have to establish where they live, work, and their names. This is meant to create a national database so that wherever an offender goes citizens have an idea who they are dealing with. It’s rather unfortunate that these laws are not cost effective, when the state is going to be keeping track of some many different types of offenders more than likely it will come with a high price tag (Wang, 2014-15). SORNA would be a three-tier system ranking sex