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IA - New rules for sex offenders might be worse

View the article here 03/06/2009 By MARTY RYAN A problematic issue facing the Iowa General Assembly this year is the possible implementation of Title I (Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act) of the Adam Walsh Child Protection Act of 2006. In a nutshell, this federal act requires states to "substantially" comply with its provisions or lose up to 10 percent of federal funding from Byrne Memorial Grants. A Byrne Grant is named after a police officer killed in the line of duty while protecting a drug-case witness in New York City. Congress named these grants in his memory, and the grants are specifically earmarked for eradicating drug-dealing offenses. The funds have nothing to do with sex offenders. The Adam Walsh Act contains statutory requirements that states must enact to receive 100 percent of the state's allotment of Byrne Justice Assistance Grants...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues on March 06, 2009 (boomark / email).