EFTA01735465.pdf

\As. AN, -Le Su,vara .—Movccies, -A.AQ.14/6., - .ass• ao Task force rewriting sex offender registry JUDI SHIMEL F. Frazer, has been Meeting regtit • lady and working diligently todevel- ST. THOMAS = Officials' from pp the ,appropriate language.to • law enforcement :are working to amend .the. tenitorys' existing Sex Upgrade thlway they keep track of • Offender Registration. Stattite to sex offenders in the Virgin Islands. meet SORNA requirernents by the The territorybas until July to corn- • imposed deadline," said VI Depart- ply: ith federal rules established thent of Justice spokesperson back In 2006. SaralrIzzaina. ' ' Local members-of the. SORNA Under the new rules, offenders Task Fined recently completed A . will be elassified according to the serninar on meeting the require- severity oftheir crimes. The ments ofihe Sex Offender Regis- el the offense; the, longetthe offiind- tration Notification Act All U.S. erwffi besubject to.acrtitirry.ThciSe states and territories are required who commit the giost aevise crimes to enact the requirements spelled will be monitored firfife:Others will out lathe act by July. • be assigned to terms of"15- to' 25 The notification act mates a uni- ..• fied standard for apprehendipg, Te range of offenses pri theJus- • tracldng and trionitoringregi.stered dee Department go from unlaWfui sex offenders. There are currently texuateontact and .stattit0ry rape. 60 sex offenders registered in, the where the'victini is under the age tenitory. . &Consent to- rape of a child and The two-day compliance semi- frit-degree rape, nar. led by Attorney General Vin- . territorialefficials do not meet cent Frazer, was held. last week at . the July deadline ftramendlrig the the Wyndham Sugar Bay Resort. rules,'they rislc Josing,up *6-10. Much of the work done at the Sem- percent &federal funding for end- War was re-writing the local sex inaljostice and pithlic safety.pro- offender law. • • SORNA task force members • Lezarna said once the task ford incbide representatives from. the ilnislits amending the language& Office of the Governor, the Virgin • the sex offender law. We Changes Islands Police Department' the U.S. .. will be sent for review to Goirem- Attorneys Office, the U.S. Marshal merit House and the U.S. Justice Service. the Bureau of Corrections, Department. Memhers of the 29th the VI Department of Health. VI Legislature will also have a ehanee Department of Human Services. to go over the nevrchanges before the Superior Court. the Office of they vote to approve or disapproVe. Probation and Parole and the Sex- Citizens who want to •viewthe ual Registry Board. Virgin Islands sex ofkrider registry -Since July 'of 2009, the. Virgin can do so by logging onto the: VI Islands SORNATask Force, spear- Justice Department Web site at headed by Attorney General Vincent www.doistgerv. • EFTA_R1_00019231 EFTA01735465