Megan's Law in New Jersey

NEWSPAPER INVESTIGATION

"Megan's Law registries all over the map in N.J."
Written by: Tom Troncone
Date: Dec 27, 2006
Published by: North Jersey Media Group (The Record and Herald News)

"Statewide, 23 percent of registered sex offenders are included in the Internet database." In some counties in New Jersey, it is as little as 8%.

Mediaskeptic: "The reason, according to a Monmouth County judge who oversees the Megan's Law judges in every county, lies with individual prosecutors' offices. "(That's a distortion of the process. See pages 8-9 of the report linked below for a view of how the judge makes the final decision, and the prosecutor AND the registrant get an input into the decision.) "

The article was based on data from the state's annual Megan's Law implementation report.