The Michigan Messenger
The state of Michigan is not the only state struggling to comply with the changes required by the federal Adam Walsh Act to the state’s sex offender registry. The Bangor Daily News reports that Maine is having a difficult time with those requirements as well and may ask for a delay in implementation of those changes.
Legislators from that state call many of the changes required “unworkable” and “draconian” and say they have not yet found a way to comply with the law in a way that makes sense. One of the major problems there, as here, is how to treat juvenile offenders and those in so-called Romeo and Juliet relationships.
Community Watch comments:
Agreed, the Adam Walsh Act must provide states with workable solutions for all all situations - but, these "situations" are VERY rare and these cases could be exempted from the new requirements of the Adam Walsh Act until an agreement is reached that works for all states.
