Comments on: Twenty Years of the Adam Walsh Act: Time to Reevaluate

By: Richard Charles

Richard Charles — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 20:33:43 +0000

I would feel better about the registry if it actually worked and if we had a registry for all crimes, especially actual high recidivism crimes, and not just registering as a felon, which is a joke in and of itself.

By: Brandon

Brandon — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 20:33:34 +0000

In reply to CherokeeJack. I feel you, I suffer from PTSD, MDD, SAD, and GAD (Post traumatic Stress Disorder, Major Depressive Disorder, Social Anxiety, and General Anxiety) However I have found myself forgetting something and then freak out about it. I only have to Register 2 times a year. However it's sooo much to remember that if I were to get a compliance check they will deem me uncompliant and im back in jail looking to do more time. And my disability I have has way before my arrest and now it's 100x worse then it was before.

By: Jacob

Jacob — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 18:39:45 +0000

In reply to Ryan Anderson. And when news outlets do cover such operations, they usually adopt a point of view similar to that taken in the Marshalls press release, without asking any critical questions. Such as, did they have any evidence that any of the arrestees was engaged in any more sex offending, or were they all just rounded up on a technicality? Did they prevent or solve even one instance of sexual exploitation? On what evidence? Did the arrests benefit even one victim (or potential victim)?

By: Tired

Tired — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 18:32:42 +0000

On July 28 2006, I got arrested on 847.0135.3 a sex sting. I was 59 at that time. I am now 78 and am being tested for alzheimer’s. Yes, enough is enough. I used to be a software engineer. I was forced into retirement. I lost approximately 100k a year for at least 6 years. I guess I am a lucky. I have my own home. I made a life for myself. Doing the best I can. About 10 years ago a friend of mine found out about me. He slowly pulled away from me. In the past year he told most of the friends we had in common. My self and my wife are now alone. I live where thousands of retired people live. Yet we stay alone. Life shouldn’t be like this. I feel like a leper and a witch. I do know FAC is doing what they can, but local, state, federal politicians enjoy their lives the way they are. There is no reason for them to risk their sweet lives, by doing anything that most people would think they are soft on crime.
Enough of my feeling sorry for myself.
Stay strong and keep fighting.

By: CherokeeJack

CherokeeJack — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 17:47:12 +0000

In reply to Brandon.

Brandon

Dementia is my middle name it seems. As my health gets worse, I start to wonder if I had registered and in the middle of the night, I wake up in a panic and run to my locked safe where I have over 100 registration papers and scan through them until I see that I did actually in fact register.

Having to register four times a year is a real pisser. Every three months, every 90 days, every four times a year until the World ends.

By: Ryan Anderson

Ryan Anderson — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 17:42:37 +0000

In reply to Derek W. Logue of OnceFallen.com. Your right but definetly not covered as much by the news outlets as it should.

By: CherokeeJack

CherokeeJack — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 17:41:44 +0000

In reply to Nan.

Nan

Amen, Prayers for us all to get relief and get our lives back. We have done our time………AND then some.

By: Derek W. Logue of OnceFallen.com

Derek W. Logue of OnceFallen.com — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 17:37:06 +0000

You know, it has been years since any stare has been announced as being Adam Walsh Act compliant.

The SMART Office hasn’t hosted a symposium since 2019 or a workshop since 2023.

I haven’t even seen an “AWA reauthorization” in Congress since tRUMP’s first term, though the funding seems to just go through the usual routes and the programs still get funded, and grants are still offered.

The US Marshals “celebrated” by engaging in more harassment campaigns:

https://www.usmarshals.gov/news/press-release/us-marshals-conduct-operation-adams-watch-recognize-20th-anniversary-of-adam

But other than that, this hasn’ exactly made news other than the BOP making some gebneric statement about it.

It feels like the AWA has been largely abandoned and that’s just fine by me. If only they’d abandon this whole registry scheme!

By: No end

No end — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 17:08:13 +0000

John Walsh did nothing but exploit his son’s tragedy for his own personal gain. I’ve never respected that man. JonBenét Ramsey’s parents did the same thing.

By: Nan

Nan — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 16:58:46 +0000

Father, God, please continue to expose and dismantle the Registry in Florida and across the nation as it stands today. Bring about common sense legislation that's "incident based". Remove the lifetime persecution of non violent offenders. In Jesus Name.