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A plea agreement, also known as a plea bargain, is a agreement between a defendant and a prosecutor in which the defendant agrees to plead guilty to a crime in exchange for a reduced charge or sentence. Plea agreements can be a useful tool for resolving criminal cases, as they can save time and resources by avoiding the need for a trial. However, plea agreements can also raise concerns about fairness and justice, as they may result in defendants pleading guilty to crimes they did not commit in order to avoid harsher penalties. In general, plea agreements must be approved by a judge before they can be implemented.
A teenage human trafficking victim in Iowa who stabbed her accused rapist to death has avoided prison time, but was ordered to pay $150,000 to the man’s family. Pieper Lewis, 17, pleaded guilty last year to voluntary manslaughter and willful injury over the 2020 death of 37-year-old Zachary Brooks, according to multiple outlets. Both crimes…
WEST PALM BEACH — Under the threat of violence and through the use of drugs, Orlith Joseph kept multiple women and teenage girls under his control, selling them for sex in motels from West Palm Beach to Fort Lauderdale, investigators alleged in arresting him in 2020 on human trafficking charges. Last week, Joseph pleaded guilty to…
WEST PALM BEACH — One of the first people charged with human trafficking after Palm Beach County announced a crackdown on the crime in 2017 has received a nine-year prison sentence. Jimmy Edmond, 32, of Port St. Lucie, was one of three men accused of taking a 19-year-old woman from a Boynton Beach home at gunpoint…
Victor Gonzalez and his wife Susan Christine Gonzalez. Photo via Facebook The former pastor of an Imperial County church that federal prosecutors say forced homeless people to surrender their welfare benefits and panhandle pleaded guilty this week to conspiracy to commit benefits fraud. Victor Gonzalez, who headed Imperial Valley Ministries, pleaded guilty in San Diego…
COLUMBUS, Ohio – All 11 defendants charged federally in a Scioto County child sex trafficking operation have been convicted. A federal grand jury originally indicted Larry Dean Porter, 71, of Wheelersburg, Ohio, and several of his family members and associates in June 2020. Porter exchanged drugs obtained in Columbus and elsewhere for sexual access to…
The criminal organization dared to do it: they sold 30 of their workers for 21 thousand dollars, as if they were cattle. They were bought for cash by ranchers in a field in Indianapolis, who shelled out $700 for each “slave.” An investigation by MILLENNIUM, based on the consultation of judicial documents housed in the…
The New Mexico Attorney General’s office welcomed participation of the Carlsbad Police Department in a statewide task force to combat human trafficking. Carlsbad City Councilor’s approved a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Attorney General’s office on June 14 which would include the Carlsbad Police in the New Mexico Human Trafficking Task Force (NMHTTF). “One…
ST. THOMAS — A woman who lured poor women from other countries to St. Thomas in a long-running human trafficking operation is facing a minimum of five years in prison after signing a plea agreement with prosecutors, according to documents filed in U.S. District Court. Ramona Rivera Luna, 65, also known as “Clara,” was arrested…
Defendant Instructed Enforcer: “If She Dares Fight Back, Beat Her More Viciously. Get Some Results from the Beating.”
Originally published on the Human Trafficking Institute’s website by Emma Bykerk | Feb 11, 2022 Introduction In 1998, President Bill Clinton stated that his administration was “committed to combatting trafficking in women and girls.”[i] Two years later, he signed into law the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA).[ii] Although the TVPA was a huge milestone in the anti-human-trafficking movement,[iii] its enactment was motivated by a singular focus…
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