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Article: States pressed to meet sex offender registration law.
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- State Legislatures
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- March 1, 2009
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States are facing a deadline that requires them to change sex-offender registration policies or face loss of federal criminal justice money.
The Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act is a portion of the 2006 Adam Walsh Child Protection Act. States risk losing 10 percent of the federal Byrne Justice Assistance Grant if they are not in compliance by July 27. These grants pay for many state and local criminal justice programs.
Wayne A. Logan of the Florida State University College of Law has studied sex offender policy, including federalism concerns raised by the act. He believes the requirements in the law are not adequately supported by evidence ...