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"Juvenile Sex Offender Registration/ Notification Rule Amendments"

This post was written by Chuck Kallendorf: "The handling of juvenile sex offenders has been one of the most contentious issues for states trying to implement the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006, Linda Baldwin, head of the department's compliance office told USAToday.com. last Friday.

The law, which set tough new rules for registering sex offenders, now requires juveniles 14 and older who commit serious sex crimes to register for the rest of their lives and states to post that information publicly.

The Justice Department, however, has now issued a set of proposed revisions to those rules - that are open to public comment thru July 13th -- that would let states decide whether to include teen offenders in their public registries. The law also currently requires sex offenders who completed prior sentences, but then commit a new crime, to register again regardless of the crime. Another proposed change would give the states discretion to decide that as long as the new crime is not sexual or a felony. [See 75 FR 27362 on May 14, 2010]..."

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Source: Hamilton County Law Library Blog, 21 May 2010. Reproduced with permission.

Full post as published by Stark County Law Library Blawg on May 24, 2010 (boomark / email).