Category: Sex Crimes. It was named after a seven-year Megan Kanka who accepted an invitation from a Hamilton Township, New Jersey neighbor to see his puppy but was raped and murdered instead. That was in Notification and sex offender registration did not become uniform and mandatory nationwide until when Congress enacted the Adam Walsh Child Protection Safety Act.
This version of the law was signed into effect this past February by President Obama. The basic purpose of the law is to give other countries prior notice when American convicted child sex offenders are about to travel to their countries. On February 8, , the day after the president signed the bill sponsored by Rep. Chris Smith R-N.
Filed in the U. District Court in Oakland, California, the lawsuit charges that the First Amendment limits what the Government can compel people to do.
The plaintiffs in the lawsuit have asked Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton to stay the implementation of the law until the merits of their legal challenge have been decided. In , the U. Attorney General and Director of Homeland Security to pursue agreements with other countries to make sure that any travel information about child sex offenders is provided to U. They are, regardless of age or circumstances of their offense, living in a literal and virtual Big Brother-like police state.
The creation of a formalized and expanded Angel Watch Center further enhances our efforts to protect children around the world. Janice Bellucci, the lawyer who represents the plaintiffs in the lawsuit and who is president of the group California Reform Sex Offender Laws, likens the law to how the Nazis treated Jewish people.
