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AB 265 - Establishes a Mandatory Minimum Sentence of 10 Years for Human Trafficking, and 15 Years if the Victim is a Child - Wisconsin Key Vote

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Title: Establishes a Mandatory Minimum Sentence of 10 Years for Human Trafficking, and 15 Years if the Victim is a Child

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that establishes a mandatory minimum sentence in Wisconsin of 10 years imprisonment for a person convicted of human trafficking, and 15 years imprisonment if the victim was a minor.

Highlights:

  • Establishes a mandatory minimum sentence for child sex offenses and child trafficking of 15 years imprisonment (Sec. 2).

  • Establishes a mandatory minimum sentence for human trafficking of 10 years imprisonment (Sec. 3).

  • Establishes a statute of limitations for human trafficking violations of 10 years (Sec. 4).

  • Amends the criminal classifications of human trafficking-related violations as follows (Sec. 5-8).

    • Knowingly engaging in trafficking is a Class C felony;

    • Benefiting in any manner from a trafficking violation is a Class C felony;

    • Knowingly receiving compensation from earnings of debt bondage, prostitution, or a commercial sex act is a Class E felony;

    • Knowingly recruiting, enticing, providing, obtaining, harboring, transporting, patronizing, or soliciting a child for a commercial sex act is a Class B felony; and

    • Benefiting in any manner from a violation of child trafficking is a Class B felony.

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Title: Establishes a Mandatory Minimum Sentence of 10 Years for Human Trafficking, and 15 Years if the Victim is a Child

Title: Establishes a Mandatory Minimum Sentence of 10 Years for Human Trafficking, and 15 Years if the Victim is a Child

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