[Vision2020] sex offender legislation

[Debbie Gray]

Ellen, I don't know anything more about it than was on
that website. That was the first time I've even heard
about it...

Debbie
--- Ellen Roskovich <gussie443 at hotmail.com> wrote:


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Debbie. . . . do you know if this new bill addresses
the problem of jurisdictions allowing unsupervised
release from custody to attend therapy sessions?  At
least in Idaho it seems they are not required to
register even though they are loose on the streets. .
as we all found out earlier this summer.

Talk about falling through the cracks!

Ellen A. Roskovich





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From:  Debbie Gray <graylex at yahoo.com>
To:  vision2020 <vision2020 at moscow.com>
Subject:  [Vision2020] sex offender legislation
Date:  Thu, 24 Aug 2006 00:02:26 -0700 (PDT)
>A friend of mine recently sent me a website about
>child safety. While I was looking at it I found some
>information about the Adam Walsh Act that was
recently
>signed (in July).
>
>http://www.thesafeside.com/about/csa2005.asp
>Of the 550,000 registered sex offenders nationally,
>the whereabouts of at least 100,000 are currently
>unknown. The Adam Walsh Act creates stricter
>requirements for sex offender registration -- to
>prevent offenders from slipping through the cracks
and
>hurting our children.
>
>One of the most important features of the bill is the
>creation of a national sex offender registry that
will
>be available on the Internet. The legislation also
>calls for stricter prison sentences for offenders who
>fail to register and keep their information current.
>The offender will be assigned to one of three tiers;
>the worst offenders will have to check-in more
>frequently, and all offenders will have to register
in
>person.
>
>Some highlights of the bill:
>
>     * Establishes a comprehensive national system
for
>the registration of sex offenders
>     * Establishes three tiers of sex offenders
>     * Requires all jurisdictions to enact criminal
>penalties for sex offenders who fail to comply with
>registration requirements
>     * Requires sex offenders to appear in person to
>verify their registration
>     * Imposes a fine and/or term of imprisonment for
>up to 20 years on sex offenders who knowingly fail to
>register
>     * Makes registration as a sex offender a
mandatory
>condition of probation and supervised release
>     * Eliminates the statute of limitations for
>prosecutions of child abduction and felony sex
>offenses against children
>
>
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