"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! 🤮
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First of all, the bill hasn't passed yet. Just for clarity as to what it 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. :(
As an FYI: The woman who introduced the bill is Shannon Groves, a republican. It was initially a written as a straight up felony to sex traffic children. It was gutted by Scott Wiener. Groves was aware that Wiener is working unlawfully without an oath and she could have had his changes stricken. But she didn't, so I think she's in on it: https://gwsandiego.net/blog/?p=2822