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You are here: Home / News / Where’s the Justice for Child Sex Trafficking Victims? Only 1 in 4 Buyers Get Jail Time

Where’s the Justice for Child Sex Trafficking Victims? Only 1 in 4 Buyers Get Jail Time

August 27, 2014

(PHOTO: ON EAGLES WINGS MINISTRIES/FACEBOOK)

(PHOTO: ON EAGLES WINGS MINISTRIES/FACEBOOK)

The Defenders USA, affiliated with On Eagles Wings Ministries and Shared Hope International, participate in Oct. 2010 in a Truck Stop Campaign to draw attention to the sexual abuse and exploitation minors.

While child sex trafficking is a serious crime, those who purchase sex with minors often avoid stiff punishment in the U.S. criminal justice system, according to a new report.

Approximately 40 percent of people found guilty for purchasing sex with trafficked children in the United States avoid felony charges while 26 percent serve no jail time.

Shared Hope International’s Demanding Justice Project report studied over 113 cases where buyers were found guilty of buying sex with a minor in various metropolitan regions of the country including Phoenix, Seattle, the Baltimore-Washington D.C. corridor, and Portland. Only five of the cases proceeded to trial while the rest of the cases settled on plea agreements. Only 81 percent of the guilty buyers were convicted of a felony and none of them were charged with sex trafficking. [Read Full Article]

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