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U.S. Judge Rules Sexual Trafficking Is Not a Violent Crime

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While Congress and the Department of Justice have both said that victims of sexual trafficking are likely to be treated violently, a U.S. judge has inexplicably ruled otherwise.

Andrew Mark Bennett
Andrew Mark Bennett
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Sex trafficking is not a crime of violence.

At least that is the conclusion of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, which tossed out this August (PDF)

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Andrew Mark Bennett

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