S-671 Findings and Fugitive Sex Offenders Act of 2011

 This bill is sponsored by Senator Jeff Sessions. This bill was introduced on March 19^th, 2011 with bipartisan support.

 A bill to authorize the United States Marshall Service to issue administration subpoenas in investigation relating to unregistered sex offenders.

I am urging everyone to write to their Senators and House members to support this bill.

We need to give the United States Marshall every tool that they need in order to take down these sex offenders.

According to one of the bill’s main sponsors, Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions ofAlabama, S671 would allow the Marshals to hunt down unregistered sex offenders across jurisdictions in real-time.

“As offenders circumvent the law to hide their location, every second could mean the difference between life and death for a new set of victims,” says

Sen. Sessions. “Marshals must have the ability to quickly obtain vital information in these fast-moving investigations of unregistered sex offenders, so they will be able to find missing predators more easily and greatly curb the threat of future offenses.”

In addition to Sen. Sessions, other cosponsors of the bill include Sens. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn.; Orrin Hatch, R-Utah; Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn.; Richard Burr, R-N.C.; Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga.; Thomas Coburn, R-Okla.;  Susan Collins, R-Maine; John Cornyn, R-Texas; Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif.;  Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.; Charles Grassley, R-Iowa; Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., Mike Lee, R-Utah; John Thune, R-S.D.; David Vitter, R-La.; Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I.

Sen. Sessions stated “As offenders circumvent the law to hide their location, every second could mean the difference between life and death for a new set of victims, he stated.

He also stated that “Marshals must have the ability to quickly obtain vital information in these fast-moving investigations of unregistered sex offenders, so they will be able to find missing predators more easily and greatly curb the threat of future offenses.”

 Here’s a sample of a letter that you can send to your U.S. Senator, asking them to support the Finding Fugitive Sex Offender Act of 2011:

Dear Senator ________________________

I’m writing to let you know that I support the passage of S671, “The Finding Fugitive Sex Offender Act of 2011.”

The Adam Walsh Child Safety and Protection Act, signed by President Bush in 2006, was a major step in protecting our children. It gives the U.S. Marshals Service primary authority to hunt down and arrest unregistered sex offenders. S671, introduced with bipartisan support, would give the Marshals a much-needed new tool to fulfill that mandate: administrative subpoena power that would allow the Marshals the ability to track unregistered sex offenders in real time across jurisdictions.

I hope you will do everything within your power to see that the Finding Fugitive Sex Offender Act of 2011 becomes law as quickly as possible so that America can be made safer for our children.

Sincerely,
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