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Senator Dorgan pushing AG Holder to push states on AWA sex offender tracking

By Douglas A. Berman

As detailed in this news piece, which is headlined "Senator to push states to comply with sex offenders law," at least one member of the Senate is not happy that the Justice Department keeps giving states more time to comply with the sex offender registration provisions of the Adam Walsh Act.  Here are the details: A senator who sponsored a key provision in the Adam Walsh Act mandating better tracking of convicted sex offenders wants the Department of Justice to stop allowing states to ignore a key provision of the law. Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., said Thursday he would ask the Justice department to stop giving extensions to the 46 states that have failed to come into compliance with the landmark 2006 law.  The first deadline for the states was in July 2009...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on November 19, 2010 (boomark / email).