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AG Holder Extends Adam Walsh Compliance Deadline

By Corey Rayburnyung

Attorney General Eric Holder has extended the deadline for States to comply with the Adam Walsh Act to July 2010. States that fail to comply with the federal Walsh Act face the mandatory loss of 10% of its Bryne Justice Assistance Grant. From the Washington Times:Not a single state was ready to meet a deadline set for this month, prompting Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. to grant an extension. With a year's reprieve, states are now wrestling with what they can and will do to satisfy the guidelines when they take effect in July 2010. States that fail to comply will lose a portion of their annual federal justice grant, but California and Vermont are considering whether that would cost them less than implementing the program. Maryland and other states will have to enact new laws, but some legislators oppose aspects of the federal guidelines involving the registration of juveniles and unlimited retroactivity...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Crimes on July 17, 2009 (boomark / email).