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Dear [Senator/Congressman/or Congresswoman]:

The Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act is a law that requires sex offenders to register, and because of underfunded law enforcement some states will be putting this law on the back burner until they can receive more funding.

Please go to House.gov and Senate.gov to email this letter to your Senator and House of Representatives, and let them know that this is a serious matter.


Dear [Senator/Congressman/or Congresswoman]:

I am sure you share my belief that we must do everything in our power to help protect our children from sexual predators in our communities. That is why I am asking for your help today.

I am extremely concerned about how we track registered sex offenders in our country. According to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, an estimated 100,000 sex offenders are unaccounted for and not living where they are registered. Because law enforcement agencies are too underfunded and overwhelmed to track them, these dangerous predators are free to roam undetected from state to state, targeting and re-offending more innocent children.
The Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act, which was signed into law in 2006, created a National Sex Offender Registry, but recent news reports reveal most states will not be in compliance with the law by the upcoming July deadline. Supporters of the law acknowledge there are adjustments that should be made to the law, but they are adamant, as am I, that the basic purpose and spirit of Adam’s act must be upheld. The act calls for a National Sex Offender Registry,
which is critical to the safety of our children.

I implore you to reexamine this law with fellow lawmakers, reauthorize it and see that it is fully funded. I realize our country’s current economic crisis will not make this charge an easy one, but what could be more urgent and of greater importance than the safety and well-being of our children?

Sincerely,
(your name here)

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Your an Oprah fan aren’t you? :) I saw it today too!

Jen said on April 16 2009

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I do watch her show but I’m not a “fan”. I like to know what’s going on in the world.  :)

dee said on April 16 2009

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If someone can explain why only sex offenders have to register and be tracked, I’ll lend my support.  But as it stands, drunk drivers, drug traffickers,  wife beaters, child abusers, murderers, and every other type of criminal do not have to register.  A 17 year old could have consensual sex with an 18 year old, and if the 17-year old’s parents find out and press charges, the 18-year old will be labeled as a sex offender, go to jail, and have to update their whereabouts at least once a year for 15 years.  But someone who beats his wife until she finally leaves him may serve time, but come out and be free to do it again, because he didn’t have to register for anything.  It doesn’t make any sense that this one crime (whose victims are usually related or otherwise close to the culprit, not some random neighborhood child) places such restrictions on someone’s life after they’ve “served their time.”  If they’re still a danger, they should still be in custody.

anonymous said on April 17 2009

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First let me just thank you for your comment and your opinion.
Trust me, my personal thought is if a person in any way sexually violates any child he/she should be put away forever because they are very dangerous animals.
But you’re absolutely right that there are other dangerous individuals who do not have to register for just as horrible of crimes.

dee said on April 17 2009

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@anonymous

I think the reason it’s so important to maintain a record of “sex offenders” is that particular brand of criminality has an extremely high re-offense rate.

That said. I do agree with your example and that person is less likely to re-offend, and should not be required to register as a sex offender. It should definitely be a case by case basis, not a crime-type basis.

So basically;

Child molesters are monsters. And they need to be watched closely, if allowed to roam free. But the 18 year old kid that boinked his 16 year old girlfriend is not and should not.

jmathias said on April 17 2009

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Well said. Thank you

dee said on April 17 2009

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more people should take an interest in the welfare of our children and get involved in passing The Adam Walsh
act

Lynn Cummings said on June 12 2009

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Children are the future they need to bey protected.

mary villarreal said on June 12 2009

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Please BAIL out and protect our children

glory Beserra said on June 15 2009

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I have never went through a situation like that, but I can emagine and my heart brakes when something like this happens . I am a mother, aunt , cusin , grandmother and I feel the hurt and the disapointment of knowing this kinds of preditors get out and are free to repeat the same offence over and over until they kill a child !!! The childres voice are not herd enough and they are the once that need more protection .

Susan said on July 31 2009

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