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Tennessee Sex Offender Registry And The Adam Walsh Act

By Baker Associates

The Adam Walsh Act, passed by Congress in 2006, is to be implemented for Tennessee sex crime offenders this year. This Act fundamentally changes the rules regarding sex offender registration in the state. The most important way that the Adam Walsh Act will change sex offender registration in Tennessee is that it changes the system used to determine the length of registration. Under existing Tennessee registration requirements, offenders are required to register based upon the probability that they will recommit a sex crime. After 10 years of registering, an offender may petition to terminate their participation in the registration program. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation will review the offender?s file and make a determination as to whether that person is likely to recommit...continue to full post

Full post as published by Tennessee Criminal Lawyer Blog on March 10, 2009 (boomark / email).