This essay was fro an assignment to write an argumentative essay about a current event/controversial issue. Thos essay discussed the legitimacy of Megan's Law in the U.S.- it is pro- Megan's Law

Who Deserves Privacy? The legitimacy of Megan's Law is a heated debate that is current in our society today. This law forces all sex offenders to make themselves known to their neighborhoods. Many questions have been brought forward in an effort to alter the specifics of the law, and even abolish it. The issue is black and white and splits the population into two groups for or against the cause. Some seem to think that …

…this issue and its validity. Perhaps as a nation, the citizens will choose to keep sex offenders records confidential, but for those of us that want to protect the children, there is no question at all. Once a person is a sex offender, they are forever a risk to the communities. Let the information be known to protect the future. If this law prevents just one case of child molestation it has proved its worth.