Since the passing of this legislation, each of the fifty states have some form of public notification. Some states have set up a three-tiered system for categorizing offenders by the risk to the general public. In this system, the first tier would represent very little risk of reoffending. The second tier would be classified as a moderate risk to reoffend and the third tier would be a high risk of reoffending. The individual state determines who in the public gets notified of the offender's residence by using this three-tiered system. Some states send second tier notices to schools and day care centers and third tier notices go to families who live within a certain distance of the offender's residence.
Although each state has a different form of public notification, this legislation gives us, the citizens of the United States of America a way to protect our children by being aware of dangerous pedophiles who are living in our neighborhoods and could possibly be preying on our children. For information about your state's Megan's Law notification system, please click here.
