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A Jersey appeals court has ruled the man convicted of sexually assaulting and killing the young girl that Megan's Law is named after can press ahead with certain legal appeals -but they've denied his request to be released from custody. Jesse Timmendequas- who's serving a life sentence at New Jersey state prison in Trenton- insists his lawyers were ineffective at the time he was found guilty of murdering 7 year old Megan Kanka back in 1997.
He says giving Timmendequas the right to appeal his conviction means the Kanka family "now has to literally go back to square one - go through these court proceedings, and one cannot even describe the emotional trauma that they're going to experience
"the Legislature and Jon Corzine were wrong to abolish the death penalty for sexual predators who kill children. Now these deranged killers will waste our tax dollars with appeals, and some will be freed.
Outrage Over Ruling Allowing Megan Kanka's Convicted Killer To Pursue Appeal - New Jersey 101.5 FM
He is 100% guilty. If Corzine had not abolished the death penalty, he would be six feet under. Now the state will spend a zillion dollars on his appeal, which will still result in his conviction. This shit has got to stop.
In case anyone is unfamiliar with the murder of Megan Kanka:
Timmendequas lived with two other convicted sex offenders across the street from his victim. He lured the girl into his house by offering to show her a puppy. After raping her, he slammed her head onto a dresser, put two plastic bags over her head, and strangled her to death with a belt. He moved her body to his truck, assaulting her once again before placing the body in a wooden toy chest and dumping it in nearby Mercer County Park. The next day, he confessed to investigators and led police to the site. Evidence including bloodstains, hair, and fiber samples, as well as a bite mark matching Megan Kanka's teeth on Timmendequas' hand, led to Timmendequas being found guilty of kidnapping, four counts of aggravated sexual assault, and two counts of felony murder committing murder in the course of a felony.[2]