By SEAN MURPHY
Associated Press
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Nearly
three dozen states have failed to meet conditions of a 2006 federal law
that requires them to take part in a nationwide program to track sex
offenders, including five states that have given up on the effort
entirely.
The states stand to lose
millions of dollars in government grants, but some have concluded that
honoring the law would be far more expensive than simply living without
the money. Others also have doubts about the way the program works.
Texas, for instance, would
lose an estimated $1.4 million. But the state's cost to implement the
changes could exceed $38 million.
The Adam Walsh Child
Protection and Safety Act was supposed to create a uniform system for
registering and tracking sex offenders that would link all 50 states.
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