"California Is Relaxing The Punishment For Adults Buying Children For Sex"...
“SB 1414, new law in California. The punishment for buying a child for sex in California is now punishable by 2 DAYS in county jail. 2 DAYS in county jail. It's no longer punishable by prison”
“I am blown away”
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🤢 These people are sick! 🤮
I just searched this because I'm in Canada and this seems insane.
Prior to February 2024, it was as she said. The bill is trying to change the 2 days and fine so that it is still that for children between 16-18. They are proposing a blanket exception for children under 16, and 16-18 year olds in human trafficking situations to extend that to up to 3 years and the same small fine.
1-3 years is still fucking crazy.
I hope this is just the solicitation part of the crime and that there is a child rape sentence on top of this for the act.
Just for clarity about what the law does and does not say. From https://digitaldemocracy.calmatters.org/bills/ca_202320240sb1414:
"This bill would make this offense applicable only to a defendant who is 18 years of age or older at the time of the offense. The bill would, if the person solicited was under 16 years of age...make the offense punishable as a wobbler by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than 1 year and a fine not to exceed $10,000 or by imprisonment in the county jail for 16 months or 2 or 3 years. For a 2nd or subsequent offense under those conditions, the bill would require that the offense be punishable as a felony by imprisonment in the county jail for 16 months or 2 or 3 years."
So no punishment if a 17 year old buys an infant repeatedly. No punishment if the child purchased was 16 or 17. Its only a felony if the purchaser gets caught purchasing a child 15 or under a second time. It may be better than existing law, but this is still not good. :(
Thank you for adding the text from the bill.
Yes, it's terrible. I'm just stating that the bill, however weak, strengthens the almost non-existent consequences for these crimes. The video should call this out by stating what the situation is before the bill and after the bill. Specifically these opportunities for predators that are being left intact. Some of them explicitly drawn out so that predators can identify them before exploiting them.
Agreed. Someone in the thread called this video fake news, because, as presented by her, it was technically fake news. She probably did more damage than good with her misrepresentation of the facts.