by Cassondra Murphy | Feb 7, 2019 | Articles, Legal Blog, Policy & Legislation
By: CASSONDRA (Cj) MURPHY In January 2019, new laws1 took effect in Illinois that provide creative relief to human trafficking victims. These laws expand victims’ ability to bring civil lawsuits against their trafficker and provide financial incentives to cooperate...
by Braden Storer | Jan 8, 2019 | Articles, Case Law, Legal Blog
By: BRADEN STORER This August, the Nebraska Supreme Court upheld the conviction of Anthony Swindle, who was sentenced to 180 years in prison on two counts of sexual assault of a minor – one of sex trafficking and one of sex trafficking of a minor. This marks one of...
by Brittany Davis | Jan 3, 2019 | Articles, Legal Blog, Policy & Legislation
By: BRITTANY DAVIS Early this summer, the Governor of New York signed a new law that strengthens the state’s efforts to punish sex traffickers and protect vulnerable children1 by making it a crime for those over the age of 21 to promote or benefit from the...
by Elizabeth Ranade Janis | Aug 14, 2018 | Articles, Legal Blog, Policy & Legislation
By: ELIZABETH RANADE-JANIS Last month the Ohio Legislature passed SB 4, anti-human trafficking legislation clarifying the types of crimes that can be expunged from a survivor’s record. Senate Bill 4 embodies the latest leap forward1 in Ohio’s pursuit of creating a...
