Criminal Law - Victims of Child Sex Trafficking and Human Trafficking - Safe Harbor and Service Response
What this bill does
Altering procedures that a law enforcement officer is required to follow when the law enforcement officer has reason to believe that a child who has been detained is a victim of sex trafficking or a victim of human trafficking; providing that in a criminal proceeding where the defendant is a minor or a delinquency proceeding against a child it is an affirmative defense of duress to certain offenses if the defendant or child committed the offense as a direct result of sex trafficking or being a victim of human trafficking; etc.
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