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Florida Senate Report Weighs Pros, Cons of Adam Walsh Act Compliance

By Corey Rayburnyung

A helpful reader directs us to a Florida Senate Report entitled: Fiscal, Policy, and Legal Considerations Regarding State Compliance with the Adam Walsh Act.  From the report's Background section:The [Adam Walsh Act], of which [the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act] is a part, is the latest in a long line of federal legislation affecting states registration/notification laws, and attempts to make all of these states laws uniform with respect to requirements (or "minimum" standards) that Congress has judged to be necessary to be included in states laws. It appears that the AWA has generated significant debate and controversy. Illustrative of this controversy, the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) has described the AWA as an "unfunded mandate," a "one-size-fits-all approach to classifying, registering and, in some circumstances, sentencing sex offenders," and legislation that was "crafted without state input or consideration of state practices...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Crimes on November 05, 2008 (boomark / email).