Commercial sex trafficking; issuance of writ of vacatur for victims.
Virginia Crime Commission Hearing Public Comment
Since 2011, we have called on states to recognize any young person engaged in commercial sex as a victim of sex trafficking, not a “prostitute” or “delinquent youth.”
Virginia Crime Commission Hearing on Sexual Trafficking
Encouraging the development of a process that builds upon the 2019 advancements and legislates a non-criminalization provision that prohibits minors from being arrested, charged, or adjudicated delinquent for prostitution offenses.
House Bill 984, Virginia
Presently, state law fails to protect child sex trafficking victims from facing delinquency charges for prostitution and other offenses committed as a result of their victimization; House Bill 984 seeks and fails to remedy this.
