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ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESFifty-seventh Legislature First Regular Session |
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HB 2207: child sex trafficking; juvenile defendants
Sponsor: Representative Bliss, LD 1
Committee on Judiciary
Overview
Exempts minor victims of child sex trafficking, who are themselves convicted of sex trafficking, from being sentenced to natural life imprisonment.
History
Child sex trafficking is a criminal offense generally relating to child prostitution that can be committed in a number of different ways. Almost all forms of this offense are classified as class 2 felonies. The only form of child sex trafficking that is not a class 2 felony involves a defendant who is at least 18 years old engaging in prostitution with a minor between 15 and 17 years old whom he did not know or have reason to know was a minor. If a person is convicted of a class 2 felony for child sex trafficking, he is subject to a mandatory sentence of natural life imprisonment without eligibility for any form of release (A.R.S. §§ 13-3212; 13-720).
Provisions
1. Establishes that a person convicted of a class 2 felony for child sex trafficking is not to be sentenced to natural life if the court finds by clear and convincing evidence that said person was:
a) less than 18 years old during the commission of the offense; and
b) a victim of child sex trafficking, perpetrated by another individual, prior to committing the offense for which he is convicted. (Sec. 1)
2. Contains an intent clause. (Sec. 2)
3. Contains a Proposition 105 clause. (Sec. 3)
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HB 2207
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