Source: floridaactioncommittee.org and bop.gov
Today, July 27, marks the 20th anniversary of the enactment of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006.
The law was passed with the stated goal of improving public safety and protecting children. Two decades later, however, its legacy has been one of ever-expanding registration requirements, lifetime public shaming, and collateral consequences that extend far beyond any criminal sentence.
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Read the rest of FAC’s editorial
Read the Federal Bureau of Prisons spin
The Adam Walsh Act has never prevented or solved a crime, but it has caused more problems like homelessness, isolation from society, joblessness, murder, and harm for being listed. Adam Walsh more than likely would be alive today if his parents weren’t scumbags.
If he ever got cornered by those impacted by his misgivings…oh boy!
The AWA was a gift to law enforcement, not the general public. It gave LEOs – and the surveillance tech industry – perpetual opportunities for taxpayer funding, profit and praise. It gave the people that download the registry app a false sense of empowerment.
Adam’s memory and legacy has been politicized and exploited for monetization.
All for empty and tone-deaf “public safety” bluster.
“Every child deserves a safe childhood.” That should include registrant’s children as well as non-registrant because a kid shouldn’t be homeless, bullied, shunned due to something their parent(s) did in the past. Leave registrants, their children, and families alone and abolish this unless law that doesn’t honor Adam’s legacy.
Due to the registry, I have been threatened, lost jobs and my children have been ridiculed. I have been banned from the local military base so I can’t use my benefits as a retiree. The Feds say level 1 PFRs only have to register for 15 years. Not in Arizona. It’s lifetime registry with no means to petition to get off.
ACSOL needs to keep up the fight. They should come to Arizona and help the organization here to get a petition system like California.
America still hasn’t gotten over this Adam Walsh thing and they probably never will. When I was a little kid, they would put this kid face on the TV every day, every kid I knew was scared of getting kidnapped. I hit the registry in 2000 back then I never even went down to the police station or register. My PO didn’t even care. After this law took affect the witch hunt begin and a lot of people from the early 2000s who probably would’ve been getting off the registry right now are doing life in prison over failure to register charges. Back then law-enforcement had to do everything manually so it was just boots on the ground hell on earth but with today’s technology, I think it’s gotta be even worse. Those license plate readers that scan for people forced to register. I read one that if a person forced to register park their car in a neighborhood that’s not his address and just leaves it there for five days. It’ll trigger an investigation it triggers the Feds. My heart does go out to Adam Walsh. That was sad story but his dad I just feel like he exploited the whole situation and made millions off of it
I believe I saw the Howard Stern show where John Walsh confessed that he himself had a sex addiction. Or perhaps it was just a bad dream….(not..I heard what I heard)
I can’t seem to post anything regarding this but I encourage any of you to read what happened with this case, and without giving anything away, you might come to the same conclusion.