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WA - WASHINGTON?S COURAGEOUS ANTI-SEX OFFENDER STANCE COMES BACK TO HAUNT GOVT

View the article here 02/09/2009 The New York Times? Monica Davey and Abby Goodnough have a really good piece today on states unable to implement a strict new federal law on sex offender registration. In 2005, Congress passed the Adam Walsh Child Protection Act. It was named after an abducted child, whose father John Walsh, is host of the TV show America?s Most Wanted. The law made it a federal felony for someone registered in one state as a sex offender to move to another state and not re-register as a sex offender. It also made a whole class of sex offenders register as sex offenders for life? four times each year. Sexual predators are a serious problem, but it?s hard not to see this law as a "protect our children" photo-op for Congress...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues on February 10, 2009 (boomark / email).