Sex Offenders

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"States resisting Adam Walsh Act"
July 9, 2010

The San Diego Union-Tribune
By Michael Gardner

SACRAMENTO — It was milestone legislation hailed at the White House, the culmination of an exhaustive campaign by bereaved parents to help prevent future abductions and murders of children.

Yet, nearly four years after the Adam Walsh Act was signed by then-President George W. Bush, California and 46 other states have refused to follow through and implement the law, despite its potential political appeal and the threat of losing federal funding for noncompliance.

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"Reclassifying sex offenders sends courts into chaos,"--Dayton Daily News, July 21, 2010

"Sex offender reclassifications will take months,"--Dayton Daily News, July 20, 2010

"Suicide-Prevention Plan for Child Porn Defendants Shows Results,"--The Recorder, June 8, 2010

"U.S. Supreme Court says sexually dangerous inmates can be kept in prison,"--The Associated Press, May 17, 2010

"Montgomery County judge goes easy on child sex offenders,"--The Washington Post, May 16, 2010

"‘Sexts’ Lead to Felony Child Porn Case Against High School Student, 17,"--ABA Journal, May 5, 2010

"Lindemeier challenges constitutionality of new sex offender requirements,"--North Platte Bulletin, January 6, 2010

"KIDS Act: How Far is the Law's Online Reach?,"--InternetNews.com, September 11, 2007

GA: "Lawmaker Wants ID Cards for Sex Offenders,"--WRN.com, June 5, 2007

OK: "Law Targets Internet Activity of Sex Offenders,"--The Associated Press, June 1, 2007

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In September of 2007, Human Rights Watch issued a study of sex offender laws in the United States. No Easy Answers: Sex Offender Laws in the US is a comprehensive study of sex offender policies and impacts. The study, the result of two years of research and hundreds of interviews, calls for reform of registration, community notification, and residency restriction policies.

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