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Originally Posted by Sir Hardin Thicke
As I’m looking at provider ads, I got the legislature on tv and they’re discussing a bill that would mandate 1st offenders of solicitation of prostitution to attend “educational classes.” The “Johns Protection Act” allow 1st offenders to pay a $1,000 fee to attend a class on the perils of prostitution and how it is not a “victimless” crime. After completing the class, the charge would be deferred under “deferred adjudication.”
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Howdy, Folks!
Okay - at one time, I was somewhat familiar with the criminal justice system in the state of Texas.
"Classes" like this sort for attendees usually required the attendee to admit they had committed a sexual offense in order to pass the class.
Once this admission was procured(coerced?) from the attendee, the attendee could then be labeled as a sex offender. Oh, and that could also become retroactive at a future time, i.e., you admitted in class 10 years ago that you had committed a sexual offense, and now - 10 years later - you could be registered as a sex offender.
As far as I am concerned, there's NO COMPARISON between the exchange of money between two consenting adults, and a child rapist.
BUT - not in the eyes of The State.
This shit could be REALLY bad. Watch carefully...
Texas Legislature discussing "hobbying"
