Nevada to embark on new sex offender registry system, but critics say it’s overly harsh
[caption id="attachment_817" align="alignleft" width="300"] Nevada Supreme Court Building[/caption] Starting Oct. 1, Nevada will be implementing its version of the federal Adam Walsh Act, a law that significantly changes the way the state classifies its more than 7,200 sex offenders. Rather than categorizing them according to their projected risk of reoffending, they’ll be categorized according to the original crime they were convicted of — a process that will reshuffle thousands...