![]() ![]() Tier I offenders must report, in person, to the Pennsylvania State Police Approved Registration or Verification Site once a year, Tier II offenders are required to report every six months, Tier III offenders must report every three months, Transient offendres must report monthly, A Sexually Violent Delinquent Child must report every three months, and a Sexually Violent Predator must report every three months. An adult individual who has been convicted of a sexual offense, whether a Tier I, II, or II, and is deemed to be a Sexually Violent Predator, must also register as a sex offender for his or her lifetime. A minor deemed a Sexually Violent Delinquent Child will be required to register as a sex offender for his or her lifetime. The minor must have been deemed by the court to require treatment, and will be labeled as a Sexually Violent Delinquent Child. A Sexually Violent Delinquent Child is a minor who commits an act of sexual violence, and that act, if committed by an adult offender, would have resulted in a conviction of: rape, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, sexual assault, indecent assault, aggravated indecent assault or incest. Sexually Violent Delinquent Child and Sexually Violent PredatorĪs of December 2014, Juvenile offenders are no longer required to register as a sex offender in the state of Pennsylvania, unless they are classified as a Sexually Violent Delinquent Child. ![]() (This is not a complete list of the criminal offenses which fall under each Tier). Tier III sexual offenses require the offender to register for the remainder of his or her life, and include the crimes of Rape, Statutory Sexual Assault, Aggravated Indecent Assault, and Sexual Abuse. Tier II sexual offenses require the offender to register for 25 years, and include the crimes of Trafficking in Individuals, Statutory Sexual Assault, Prostitution and related offenses, Unlawful Contact with a Minor, Sexual Exploitation of Children, and Production of Sexually Explicit Depictions of a Minor. Tier I sexual offenses require the offender to register for 15 years, and include the crimes of Luring a Child into a Motor Vehicle or Structure, Institutional Sexual Assault, Indecent Sexual Assault, Video Voyeurism, Invasion of Privacy, and Sexual Abuse of Children. Under Megan’s Law, the following “Tier” classifications exist: In 2004, significant changes were made to Megan’s Law, most importantly making information on all registered sex offenders available to the public on the Internet. The legislation was intended to identify sexual offenders who were predators, allowing the courts to impose lifetime registration mandates on such offenders, to register sex offenders and sexually violent predators with the Pennsylvania State Police, and to notify neighborhoods when a sexually violent predator moved into the community. Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge signed Megan’s Law in 1995, and it took effect in April 1996. ![]() Megan’s Law requires states to establish registration programs so local law enforcement can keep tabs on sexual offenders released into their jurisdiction, and so the public can find out about sexual offenders who live in their neighborhood. ![]() Congress passed the Federal version of Megan’s Law in 1996. That neighbor was a twice-convicted pedophile who raped and murdered Megan, dumping her body in a nearby park. The first is named after Adam Walsh, age 6, who disappeared in 1981 and was found dead sixteen days later, the second is named after Jacob Wetterling, age 11, who disappeared in 1989 and was never found, the third was named after Pam Lychner, who was brutally attacked in 1990, and the fourth after Megan Kanka, age 7, who accepted an invitation from a neighbor in Hamilton Township, New Jersey, to see his puppy. There are four federal acts named after the victims of violent and/or sexual assaults. ![]()
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