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12 J. Race Gender & Poverty 1 (2021)

handle is hein.journals/jrgenpo12 and id is 1 raw text is: Journal of Race, Gender & Poverty THE CRIMINALIZATION OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING VICTIMS: A DISCUSSION ON WHETHER TO VACATE THEIR FELONIES BY: MARISSA K. BOSLEY* IN TRODU CTION ....................................................................... 1 I. The Problem ......................................................... . 4 II. Expungement Laws by State ...............................8 Table 1: Expungement Laws by State................ 9 III. Definition of the Victim ..................................... 14 IV. The Crimes to be Vacated ................................. 15 V. Other Components of Expungement Laws............. 16 VI. Aarica and the Evidence Required for Vacatur L aw s ................................................................. . 18 VII. M.G. and the Crimes to be Vacated................. 21 VIII. Cyntoia Brown and the Matter of Murder ..... 23 IX. Affirmative Defense Laws ................................. 27 X. A Hybrid Approach for Protecting Victims......... 28 C ON CLU SION .................................................................... . 30 INTRODUCTION D.T. grew up with a father with drug problems who emotionally and physically abused her.1 She was only thirteen years old when child protective services placed her in a group home for kids with similar abuse issues.2 Her first chance she found; she ran away from the Group Home to gain her own independence.3 Her friend invited her to go out to a place owned by a man named Ray- mond.4 At Raymond's place, they met Calhoun who was nice to offer to take them to the store to buy snacks and drinks.5 At the * J.D. Candidate, Southern University Law Center, 2022. B.A. in Political Science. Louisiana State University, 2015. Special thanks for the advice by Senae Hall, Caddo Parish ADA and Head of Human Trafficking Prosecutions, and acknowl- edgement to Dr. Dana Hunter, The Executive Director of John Bell Edwards' Chil- dren's Cabinet, who has continuously inspired me to be an abolitionist and to help gain freedom for victims of human trafficking everywhere. 1. People v. Calhoun, 250 Cal. Rptr. 3d 623 (Cal. App. 4th 2019). 2. Id. at 631. 3. Id. 4. Id. 5. Id. 1 [Vol. XII ]

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