Despite half of victims requiring emergency care for injuries, US Judge Davis was “not persuaded that the ordinary case of sex trafficking by force, fraud, or coercion involves a substantial risk that the defendant will use physical force as a means to commit the offense.”
Judge Determines that Sex Trafficking Is Not a Violent Crime
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