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Adam Walsh Act in the Crossfire

By Smith Law Offices,

In Maine the Adam Walsh Act is seen (from the defense perspective) as an improvement over the current state of affairs.  While it may be just as draconian in some respects, the AWA at least holds open the possibility, in theory, of an evaluation to see if a registrant is an ongoing risk and assess whether offenders should have to register.  There are other improvements over the current state of law here as well. This New York Times article details a variety of challenges to the AWA from both the prosecution and defense perspective.  I have previously written of the defense challenges-particularly the Commerce Clause theories.  I was unaware that there was any pushback for such localized concerns as Alaska's where someone in the remote bush might have totravel by bushplane to register...continue to full post

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