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THE WHITE HOUSE

Office of the Press Secretary

For Immediate Release February 21, 1998

STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT

This morning the Supreme Court declined to review a challenge to the community notification provision of New Jersey's Megan's Law, thus leaving intact a crucial tool to protect children from known sexual predators. Because of the importance of this law to families and communities, my Administration has defended its constitutionality, enacted a similar federal Megan's Law, and worked with states to establish a national sex offender registry. We will continue to do everything we can to make sure that community notification and sex offender registration laws are enforced and upheld throughout the country.