View source for 12-year-old caught 'playing doctor' ruled Megan's Law offender

A Warren County teenager who, at age 12, was caught "playing doctor" with his 6-year-old half brother must register as a sex offender under Megan's Law, the state Supreme Court ruled today. Last year, a state appeals court ruled the teenager, identified only as T.T., was not sexually motivated and therefore not subject to Megan's Law. It freed him from a lifetime obligation to register with police and the threat of having his whereabouts publicized.<br>
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Today, the Supreme Court disagreed. "By its very terms, Megan's Law extends beyond purely sexual offenses and sweeps in other offenders who target children," the court said in a 6-0, unsigned opinion. "Thus, although the Legislature has used the term 'sex offender' as a catchall description for all those who commit Megan's Law offenses, the statute specifically denominates certain acts that have no sexual component as 'sex offenses' subject to its purview."<br>
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<i>source: Article '12-year-old caught 'playing doctor' ruled Megan's Law offender'; Posted by The Star-Ledger; www.blogs.nj.com/default.asp?item=197740; NJ.com; 3 October 2006</i>

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