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Thank you for stopping by today. FixTheLaw.org has some exciting news. On January 5, 2006, Governor Richard Codey signed bill S540/A2512 into law. This law removes Charitable Immunity protections from all organizations when it has played any role in allowing the sexual molestation of a child.

Our Law makers in New Jersey enacted this law retroactively, sending a clear message, Charitable Immunity laws adopted years ago were never meant to protect the assets of any organization over the rights of children to be safe from sexual abuse. Responsible charities would not seek such protections, which places them beyond the reach of the law.

This legislative victory will make New Jersey a safer place for our children as all institutions have been put on notice, they can and will be held responsible. Yet there is still so much more which needs to be done. Although complete charitable Immunity protections exist in only two more states, Alabama and Tennessee, many states still have very short statutes of limitations which prevent those victimized as children from obtaining justice, when they begin to realize the connection between their abuse history and the real harm which has been done to them. Society certainly realizes that those abused as children, will often not come forward for many years. The sexual molestation of a child is such a heinous crime, no statute of limitations should exist when such serious offenses are committed against minors. We hope you will help us change these injustices.


FixTheLaw.org wants to assist the citizens and children from any state in this country where laws prevent justice or fail to adequately protect our children from sexual victimization. To that end we are beginning a major overhaul of our website. We will create areas for the several states currently working on such law reforms. We would like to hear from you if you are aware of any bills in your state, which restores justice to those abused as children, or helps hold sexual predators accountable. I hope you will visit here again soon and I ask that you join our efforts as we work to FixTheLaw!

Thank You,
Director, FixTheLaw.org
Mark Crawford



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