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WikiLeaks Releases Two Adam Walsh Act Reports

By Corey Rayburnyung

WikiLeaks, a wiki-style website that distributes sensitive documents anonymously, has released thousands of reports authored by the Congressional Research Service, including two reports discussing the Adam Walsh Act from April 2007.  The first is entitled: Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act: A Legal Analysis and can be viewed here.  The second is entitled Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act: A Sketch and can be viewed here. From the summary of the first report:The Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act, (P.L. 109-248, H.R. 4472), emerged from Congress following the passage of separate bills in the House and Senate (H.R. 3132 and S. 1086 respectively). The act?s provisions fall into four categories: a revised sex offender registration system, child and sex related amendments to federal criminal and procedure, child protective grant programs, and other initiatives designed to prevent and punish sex offenders and those who victimize children...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Crimes on February 12, 2009 (boomark / email).