Prostitution - "I don't judge"
For about $1100 in fines, the "johns" get off. When they are writing the checks, the usually-married-Johns johns are saying "i'm sorry", and the sheriff says "I don't judge". It gets wiped from their record.
That's about five times what they planned to pay for some of the tricks.
The MSNBC show was about human trafficking, and some of the, are underage kidnap victims.
It's great that the money is being used to fund programs that help these women.
The real shame of this isn't the violation of marriage vows - that's between the John and his wife. It isn't the act of paying for sex. It's the lack of caring about the human beings being victimized by abusive pimps and a dangerous life. This woman on TV, who has been a prostitute for many years, has been stabbed on 13 occasions.
I don't have a problem with getting the charges dropped in exchange for a fine, but they should also have to spend some time in empathy training for what the victims of the industry they are fueling. And the pimps should have to work for the rest of their lives (whether in their prison jobs or after prison) and have the money they earn turned over to the women they victimized. It's only fair.
Legalize it or not, fine...but the pimps are vile and ought to be profoundly punished, and the johns ought to get their eyes opened as much as possible.
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