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Leniency for crimes against children is California’s ugliest trait

By Hudson Crozier

Published July 12, 2023 6:39pm ET

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Leniency for crimes against children is California’s ugliest trait — It’s not often that you hear crying in a legislative chamber, but what happened in California’s state capitol yesterday certainly made it excusable. Human trafficking victims reportedly sobbed after watching the California Assembly’s Public Safety Committee block a bill that would make the trafficking of children a “serious felony.” All six Democrats on the committee […]

It’s not often that you hear crying in a legislative chamber, but what happened in California’s state capitol yesterday certainly made it excusable.

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