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15 Sep 2008, 12:02 am
We all know those sentences will end with a civil commitment hearing which is required by the Adam Walsh Act, and may result in commitments. [read post]
14 Sep 2008, 11:59 pm
We have taken some important steps here in the Senate, including passing the Jacob Weterling Act, the Pam Lyncher Act, the Amber Alert program, and last year's Adam Walsh Act.But, this is a problem that keeps growing and growing, and we need bold action to address this problem. [read post]
13 Sep 2008, 11:44 am
District Judge James Mahan took the state of Nevada off that slippery slope Wednesday when he prevented the retroactive application of a law that would have reclassified more than 2,000 registered sex offenders.The statute, approved last year to meet the standards of the federal Adam Walsh Act, aimed to reclassify sex offenders based on the crimes they've committed, rather than their perceived risk of re-offending.As a result, hundreds of Tier 1 offenders who've completed prison… [read post]
11 Sep 2008, 8:09 pm
The AP story suggests that the Nevada law found constitutionally problematic was passed in direct response to the federal Adam Walsh Act. [read post]
11 Sep 2008, 5:56 am
" She said most states have not enacted Adam Walsh Act legislation.Mahan said Nevada's new law violated a constitutional ban on "ex post facto," or retroactive, laws. [read post]
11 Sep 2008, 1:03 am
District Judge Richard Cebull in Billings ruled Friday that the Adam Walsh Act and the included Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA) are constitutional. [read post]
11 Sep 2008, 12:24 am
"  District Judge Richard Cebull ruled last week that the Adam Walsh Act and the included Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA) are constitutional, but District Judge Donald Molloy  ruled in June that the act didn't pass constitutional muster. [read post]
10 Sep 2008, 7:45 pm
9-10-2008 National:Three brilliant pieces of public policy work produced by the Justice Policy Institute.Fact Sheets Examine Impact of Sex Offender Registries Factsheet: Youth Who Commit Sex OffensesFactsheet: The Negative Impact of Registries on YouthFactsheet: What Will It Cost States to Comply with the Sex Offender Registry and Notification Act? [read post]
10 Sep 2008, 4:53 pm
Today, the federal court is ruling, and apparently on the changes made to state laws necessitated by the Adam Walsh Act. [read post]
10 Sep 2008, 3:34 pm
Maureen Walsh saw a succession of doctors starting in 1995 for circulatory problems in her toes. [read post]
10 Sep 2008, 5:39 am
9-10-2008 Montana:Two district judges in Montana have reached opposite conclusions about the constitutionality of a federal law that requires sex offenders to register with local authorities when they move to another state.District Judge Richard Cebull in Billings ruled Friday that the Adam Walsh Act and the included Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA) are constitutional. [read post]
8 Sep 2008, 11:00 pm
"We lack jurisdiction to consider these appeals," said the three-justice panel of the Supreme Court.The 2007 Legislature patterned the law after the federal Adam Walsh Act that included many teenage sex offenders age 14 and older with adults in requirements for sex offender registration and community notification.The federal act said the states must enact similar laws or lose federal funds. ..News Source.. [read post]
8 Sep 2008, 6:39 pm
Example of major legislation passed without debate: The Adam Walsh Act of 20067-28-2008 National:Sens. [read post]
4 Sep 2008, 6:32 am
Such a small group of accredited journalists being arrested means police aren't targeting journalism, but criminal behavior, Walsh said. [read post]
3 Sep 2008, 6:49 pm
When asked about the arrest of Amy Goodman, the lefty Democracy Now journalist and the show's producers, Walsh declined to comment. [read post]
3 Sep 2008, 3:38 pm
Seems like using the Adam Walsh Act to accomplish committing this fellow would be a "Abuse of a Legal Process," but thats just a layman thinking.9-3-2008 West Virginia:With only a few days left before his scheduled release from a high security West Virginia prison, Raymond Guay Jr. has offered no acceptable plan to come back to New Hampshire.He is scheduled to be released on Monday, Sept. 8.Guay, who has spent the past 35 years incarcerated for serious offenses, including the 1973… [read post]