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WI - Wisconsin fights sex offender registry mandate

View the article here 02/14/2009 By Dan Wilson - Post-Crescent staff writer Delay sought on law requiring thousands more names, details Wisconsin is fighting to stall a federal deadline to change its sex offender registry that likely will require adding thousands to the list, including those convicted of minor offenses. The changes are mandated under the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act, named for a 6-year-old boy who was abducted and murdered in 1981 in Florida. Passed by Congress in 2006, the law has a July 1 deadline that would force Wisconsin to add juveniles to its online registry, create classes of registrants who would appear on the list for set lengths of time and include much more detail about each offender. The state Department of Corrections is worried about the legal hurdles it has to leap ? specifically legislative changes ? to comply with the law...continue to full post

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