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Battle Brewing Over State's Sex Offender Registry Law

By "eAdvocate"

Ahhh, we see one legislature seeing the fallacies of the Adam Walsh Act, maybe, just maybe, there is hope left to stop this disaster? Money, or the denial thereof, as the Adam Walsh Act does if states fail to comply 100%, is the -route- of evil! 12-22-2009 Maine:One key lawmaker says legislators are likely to balk at some requirements of the federal Adam Walsh Act, which the state is supposed to comply with in 2010.A major battle is brewing in Maine over implementation of the nation's so-called Adam Walsh Act. In 2010, Maine is supposed to comply with the federal law, which is aimed at creating similar sex offender policies -- and public Websites -- in all 50 states. But the co-chair of the Legislature's Criminal Justice Committee says the issue of how to handle convicted sex offenders has been debated by the panel for years...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues, News, Recidivism and Studies on December 22, 2009 (boomark / email).