Nevada Governor Sign's Anti-Pimp Bill

[matcom]

'DS1' Likely To File Lawsuit :P

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CARSON CITY, Nev. -- A bill to make it easier to prosecute pimps and panderers was signed into law Wednesday by Nevada Gov. Kenny Guinn.

AB470, dubbed the "anti-pimp bill," removes a requirement that an act of prostitution or pimping be corroborated by a third party to prove guilt. With the new law, a pimp can be prosecuted based solely on the word of the prostitute.

Police officers who backed the bill said they were frustrated because prosecutors wouldn't press charges against pimps unless there was witness testimony beyond that given by prostitutes. The officers said their observations and prostitutes' word weren't enough to lead to a complaint.

The measure's supporters testified that the law change protects prostitutes who are often abused. They said that under the old law, panderers and pimps got a free pass because it was so difficult to gather other evidence against them, whether from other prostitutes or johns.

http://www.boston.com/news/odd/articles/2005/05/18/nevada_governor_signs_anti_pimp_bill/

[matcom]

1. .

[9119495]

2. Aw hells no! This gon-be crimpin my style n'shit.

Kracka-ass-krackas.

Why they gotta playahate--why can't they just congratulate?

[DS1]

3. That's Ok, I pimp out lawyers too

[matcom]

5. is that a catheter protruding from that suit?

:scared:

[Zuni]

8. dude, it could be worse

It looks like a horse's tail :hide:

[flvegan]

4. If your ride has been pimped, can you get busted for it now?

And is Kidrock now banned from Nevada? If so, I'm jealous.

[Zuni]

6. This is an outrage!

this is discrimination! If you can't get a teenage runaway hooked on heroin or crank and force her to have sex with strangers so you can jazz up a cadillac and bitch slap people, what can you do? :P

[Beware the Beast Man]

7. Playa hata!!!

:grr:

[LoZoccolo]

9. Pimping is like, really not funny.

I think prostitution should be legalized, but I think pimping should be very illegal and very aggressively prosecuted. Basically pimps take over the lives of the prostitutes, make it difficult for them to break away, take all their money, sponge off them, and put such high demands on them that they start doing things like stealing wallets. If you want to see a pretty untouched documentary about pimps:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0179074