Johns Soliciting Human Trafficking Victims Might Soon Face Mandatory Jail Time
March 26th, 2019 by Mike Vasilinda
An amendment to a human trafficking bill approved Tuesday requires that johns caught in a prostitution ring like the one uncovered in South Florida that snared billionaire football owner Robert Kraft, face a mandatory ten-day jail sentence.
Sponsor Toby Overdorf hopes jail time will be a deterrent.
“Currently on the first conviction, there is actually not a jail term associated with it, and this is a real deterrent. If a person is looking at having ten days in jail for going through a solicitation act, I think they’ll think twice about going through a solicitation,” said Rep. Toby Overdorf.
Other legislation also seeks to train restaurant and hotel workers to look for signs of human trafficking.
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