Two bills attempt to address state’s outdated law by extending cover for sex trafficking cases and sex workersWhen rape shield laws spread across the country in the 1970s to protect sexual misconduct victims from having their sexual histories used against them in court, women could finally come forward without fearing their “promiscuity” would be paraded in front of a jury. Related: Revealed: how US sex traffickers recruit jailed women for prostitution Continue reading…
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