Megan Kanka killer escapes execution in New Jersey

The 46-year-old’s brutal rape and murder of Kanka inspired “Megan’s Law” which requires authorities to notify people when a sex offender moves near them.

Timmendequas was found guilty in 1997 for convincing Megan to come to his home by telling her she could come see a puppy. He then raped and beat her before strangling her with a belt. He led authorities to her body a day later. He had previously been convicted of sexual assault on other young girls.

Governor Jon Corzine signed the bill Monday and said, “It’s a day of progress for the state of New Jersey and for the millions of people across out nation and around the globe who reject the death penalty as a moral or practical response to the grievous, even heinous, crime of murder.”

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