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"Megan's Law" is an informal term which encompasses all laws in the U.S. that require law enforcement authorities to publicize information about registered sex offenders.

They are collectively called this due to the unfortunate rape and murder of the seven-year-old Megan Kanka in Mercer County, New Jersey in 1994.

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