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18 Cardozo J.L. & Gender 801 (2011-2012)
Predators in Paradise: Puerto Rico's Recent Sex Offender Problems and the Federal Government's Ill Suited Solutions

handle is hein.journals/cardw18 and id is 807 raw text is: PREDATORS IN PARADISE: PUERTO RICO'S RECENT SEX OFFENDER PROBLEMS AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S ILL SUITED SOLUTIONS BY ADAN SOLTRENI INTRODUCTION On July 27, 1981 Reve Walsh brought her six-year-old son, Adam, to a Sears department store in a local Hollywood, Florida mall.2 While shopping, Mrs. Walsh allowed her son to explore the toy department.3 That was the last time Reve Walsh saw her son.4 Ottis Toole, partner of notorious serial killer Henry Lee Lucas, kidnapped Adam Walsh that day; and two weeks later, Adam's head was found by a fisherman in a canal over one hundred miles away.5 His body was never found.6 Devastated by the abduction and heinous murder of his six-year old son, John Walsh, Adam's father became committed to finding missing persons and hunting down child abductors.7 His dedication led John to become the host of America's Most Wanted, a long-running American television program about tracking down fugitives who have committed egregious criminal offenses.8 The publicity that arose from Adam Walsh's murder marked a paradigm shift in the way the United States began to prioritize finding and protecting missing children and cracking down on sex offenders.9 This shift has led to the adoption of several state sex offender statutes and a complex body of progressive federal legislation aimed at I Articles Editor, Cardozo Journal of Law & Gender; J.D. Candidate, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, June 2012; B.A. The George Washington University, 2009. The author would like to thank his friends, family, and the Multi-Cultural Law Students Association at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law for their continued love, guidance, and support. This Note is dedicated to the children of Puerto Rico. 2 Police: 1981 Killing of Adam Walsh Solved, MSNBC (Dec. 16, 2008), http://www.msnbc.msn. com/id/28257294/ns/us news-crime and courts/. 3 Id. 4 Id 5 Id. 6 Id. 7 Id.; see also America's Most Wanted, FOX.cOM (2011), available at http://www.amw.com/ about amw/john walsh.cfm. 8 See America's Most Wanted, supra note 7. 9 See discussion infra Parts I, II. 801

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