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Oklahoma Reflects on First Year Since Enacting AWA-complaint Law

By Corey Rayburnyung

An Oklahoma newspaper looks at what has happened in the year since the state has passed an Adam Walsh Act-complaint law.  From Tulsa World:One year has passed since Oklahoma began classifying sex offenders into a three-level ranking system that designates how long they must register their addresses with law enforcement authorities. Creating the tier system was one step toward complying with the federal Adam Walsh Act by the deadline of July 2009 to avoid losing a percentage of the state?s federal funding. Under a state law that went into effect Nov. 1, 2007, offenders are placed in tiers based on their numeric risk levels, which are determined by the type and severity of crimes for which they were convicted and the number of convictions they have...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Crimes on November 03, 2008 (boomark / email).