Justice Department Announces Seventh Jurisdiction to Implement Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act

Guam's registry was virtually non existent before this, so anyone claiming a ex post facto violation (Guam has such a clause in their Constitution) will have to go to court and file a action. Note: Comment "Substantially Implemented" not "In Compliance" makes one wonder if there is a distinction?

Also note, more federal staff added to follow a useless law! (A phone book w/pics that tells nothing more than where registrants SLEEP for a few hours of the day. The word TRACKING is perverted by lawmakers.) Assigned Tiers are a farce, logical when crime was committed, but not logical in Today's Light!

UPDATE: "Compliance" is a yearly procedure that states must go through to remain "In Compliance." Given the outcome of the Ohio lawsuits,it is possible they are "Out of Compliance" today, but it will not show until their next "Compliance Check."

1-21-2011 Washington DC:

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Department of Justice today announced that the U.S. Territory of Guam has substantially implemented the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA), Title I of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006. Guam joins the States of Ohio, Delaware, South Dakota, and Florida, the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, and the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation as jurisdictions that have substantially implemented SORNA.

"We are pleased to announce that Guam has substantially implemented this important legislation," said Linda Baldwin, Director of the Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking (SMART). "We are committed to working with the remaining states, tribes and territories on their implementation efforts."

Guam has been actively working with the Office of Justice Programs' SMART Office to meet the requirements of SORNA. The SMART Office has added staff, increased outreach efforts, developed resources and issued documents to provide further definition, guidance, and direction to SORNA jurisdictions.

"We are extremely pleased to learn that Guam recently became the seventh jurisdiction nationwide and the first U.S. Territory to substantially implement the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA)," said Guam Attorney General Leonardo M. Rapadas. "Our partners, the Guam Legislature, Judiciary, law enforcement, other stakeholders … worked extremely hard on this important issue to protect our people. Guam will not become a hiding place for convicted sexual offenders and child molesters.'" ..Source.. by DOJ and the SMART Office