"Having someone harm your child is one of the worst nightmares you can face."- George Bush.
The idea that those who would harm children are allowed to serve a faction of time in comparison to the lifetime of pain they leave behind for their victims and the families of victims is disgusting. It's the one of the most saddening parts of our justice system, that child predators are not treated as the dangers they really are. Justice is barely ever served, and never really served when plea deals allow them to walk out into society without ever having served any time for their offenses.
President Bush signed the bill today. For the entire document, see here.
Highlights of the bill:
Categories: predators, molesters
The idea that those who would harm children are allowed to serve a faction of time in comparison to the lifetime of pain they leave behind for their victims and the families of victims is disgusting. It's the one of the most saddening parts of our justice system, that child predators are not treated as the dangers they really are. Justice is barely ever served, and never really served when plea deals allow them to walk out into society without ever having served any time for their offenses.
"The Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006" will be signed into law today on the 25th anniversary of the abduction of Adam Walsh, the 6-year-old son of NCMEC co-founders John and Reve Walsh. The law is named for Adam, who was kidnapped from a shopping mall in Hollywood, Fla., and found murdered 16 days later. Sadly, no one was ever charged in Adam's murder. His abduction and murder helped spark the nation's missing children's movement.
President Bush signed the bill today. For the entire document, see here.
Highlights of the bill:
1) Creates a national public sex offender registry. Provides the public with better and more uniform information about sex offenders so that all communities benefit from the same kind of information. States will be required to list all, not merely some, sex offenders on their Web site registries.
2) Provides for consistent sex offender requirements in all states. Sex offenders will no longer be able to take advantage of different state requirements to avoid registering. It mandates that sex offenders be registered before they are released from prison or three days after a sentence of probation. 3) Penalizes failure to comply with registration duties as a state and federal felony. 4) Enhances the ability of law enforcement to track sex offenders when they move, cutting down on the number of "missing" sex offenders in the system. It requires sex offenders to verify registration in person to law enforcement rather than by mail.
5) Makes important changes in the way law enforcement handles missing child reports. Reports must be entered into the
FBI's National Crime Information Center within two hours. It also prohibits the removal of a missing child report when the child turns age 18 before being recovered.
6) In response to the growing problem of commercial child pornography and the exploitation of children online, the bill increases the number of Internet Crimes Against Children Task Forces across the nation.
Categories: predators, molesters