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"States wrestle with how to fund federal sex offender law"

By Douglas A. Berman

The title of this post is the title of this effective piece from the Dallas Morning News.  Here are snippets: An effort to create uniform nationwide standards for how to keep track of sex offenders has stalled largely because states being asked to comply with the new federal guidelines can't or won't pay the costs. After Texas legislators convene in January, they'll have to decide whether to comply with a new federal law that came without funding, or to stick with existing state statutes. Chances are good the Lone Star State won't be alone if it fails to meet a July 2009 deadline; so far, not a single state has complied with the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act. The 2006 law was designed to crack down on sex offenders by requiring minimum standards for public registries, including who must register, for how long, and what information is made public...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on December 23, 2008 (boomark / email).