Urges Allowance of Human Trafficking Victims’ Defense

RESOLVED, That the American Bar Association urges local, state, territorial, tribal and federal governments to enact legislation allowing adult or minor human trafficking victims charged with prostitution related crimes offenses or other non-violent crimes offenses that are a direct result of their being trafficked to assert an affirmative defense of being a human trafficking victim.

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