The Need for a Bay Area Attorney When Facing Sex Offender Registration
Conviction of a sex offense in California carries severe consequences beyond a prison sentence. Sex offender registration as part of Megan's Law is a high-profile punishment, listing an offender's name, gender, physical description, sex offenses committed, photographs and any aliases. Information is posted on the California Department of Justice's website, which designates registered sex offenders.
While the goal of Megan's Law is to protect the public, many offenders find themselves the victims of harassment and crimes in retaliation for a criminal conviction. Sex offender registration as a part of Megan's Law is a lifetime criminal sentence that some cannot escape, regardless of where they live.
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Megan's Law is named after seven-year-old, New Jersey resident Megan Kanka, who was raped and killed by a known sex offender who had moved across the street from her family home. People committed of sex crimes against children register as a sex offender and notify local law enforcement of any address or employment change following their release from prison or a psychiatric facility. The notification requirement is over a fixed period of time (10 years) or permanent.
If you have been charged with a sex crime, you must understand what is at stake and take steps to protect your rights. That starts with a telephone call to an experienced criminal defense lawyer at the Law Offices of Valencia, Ippolito & Bowman. Our legal team couples its lawyers' professional backgrounds and knowledge of the law with their backgrounds as former criminal prosecutors.
We also help clients fill out and submit Megan's Law exclusion forms for removal from the Megan's Law website when they have been convicted of:
- Penal Code 243.4(a), sexual battery by restraint
- Penal Code 647.6 PC, misdemeanor child molestation
- An offense that did not involve penetration or oral copulation
- In the process of completing or successful completion of probation and not sentenced to the California State Prison for an offense involving a child, stepchild, grandchild or sibling
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