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Editorial: Hawaii's Sex Offender Registry Laws Must Be Changed

By Corey Rayburnyung

The Honolulu Star Bulletin has an excellent editorial calling for Hawaii's sex offender registry law to be changed. Specifically, the editorial notes that the July deadline for states to comply with the federal Adam Walsh Act "has become even more unrealistic with the national recession." From the editorial: Federal attempts to keep track of convicted sexual offenders have been rejected by most states, including Hawaii, and the arrest of a convicted Hawaii offender in Arizona last week might illustrate the problem. An estimated 100,000 sex offenders are not living at their registered addresses, and states lack the resources to comply with the federal law. Changes are needed to make the system workable. After legal challenges, voters gave the Legislature authority in 2004 to create an Internet registry of sexual offenders, who are required to update their addresses and other information every 90 days...continue to full post

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