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Jan 2018
1h 15m

Murders That Created Laws

Emash Digital / Wondery
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In this episode we're doing something a little different. We're discussing two different cases that resulted in laws being created to help protect children. Megan Kanka was murdered in 1994 by a repeat child sex offender who lived across the street from the Kanka family. Unfortunately, the family had no idea the type of person that was living so close to the ... Show More
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