DORGAN JOINS PRESIDENT AT SIGNING OF ‘DRU’S LAW’ TO CRACK DOWN ON SEX OFFENDERS
Thursday, July 27, 2006
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(WASHINGTON, D.C.) --- Legislation authored by U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND) to crack down on dangerous sexual predators was signed into law Thursday in a special ceremony at the White House Rose Garden.
Dorgan was joined by Congressman Earl Pomeroy and Linda Walker, mother of the late University of North Dakota student Dru Sjodin, in the bill signing ceremony Thursday afternoon. The President signed comprehensive sex offender legislation that includes “Dru’s Law,” which Dorgan wrote and introduced in the Senate. Pomeroy introduced a companion bill and steered it through the House.
“I think this legislation is a big step forward and I’m happy to see it signed into law,” Dorgan said. “Dru’s Law will provide tough new tools that we can use to prevent known sexual predators from offending again, and I believe that it will save lives.”
“Dru’s Law” will establish a nationwide, publicly available and searchable database on the whereabouts of known sex offenders. It also increases supervision and monitoring of convicted high risk sex offenders when they are released from prison. The legislation was included in related legislation known as the “Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act.”
Major provisions of “Dru’s Law” in the bill include the following:
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