Regulation & law · 12/04/1995Updated: 10/18/2026 · 1 min read

US Department of Justice Publishes Proposed Guidelines for Jacob Wetterling Act

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The US Department of Justice is releasing proposed guidelines to implement the Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration Act, a federal law aimed at combating child abuse and sex offender registration.

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