When you speak if such horror and evil, everyone says that this is the United States there is no way that is true and happening here. American mothers come together to fight one thing with one goal and that was to advocate and educate other about human trafficking. It has been called “a gripping legal thriller” by Esquire and “a powerful call to action” by the Los Angeles Times. I am Jane Doe testifies to the intense and legal encounter that many American families fight on behalf of underage loved ones that are horrified victims of human trafficking for commercial sex on “Backpage.com”, adult page owned by Village Voice Media. This was a classified advertising website, launched in 2004, by 2011 was the second largest classified advertiment …show more content…
listing service on the Internet in the United States behind craigslist. These families have taken a stand within the criminal justice system as advocates for their daughters and many other mothers that are fighting back and not stepping back down until they see justice served. I am Jane does follows to testimonios of a 15-year old girl form Chicago Illinois, and a 13-year old girl from St.
Louis, Missouri. These families never saw a fighting chance and they will never be the same family as they were before. These families will never be the same and they never saw a fighting chance while fighting the red tape, going back and forth with judges, special interest groups, and the C.D.A. until now. This documentary includes interview form legislator, John McCain, editor and writers from the village voice, federal agents, attorneys, CIA analyst, and many others that helped these families fight a war that they never saw the light at the end of the tunnel when they started. After the families rescue their daughter they filled a lawsuit against “Backpage.com” after many travails “Backpage.com” decided to hire analysist to go through the posted advertisement to make sure the women were not participating in anything against there will, they used a list of words that were banned by the host website to prevent such criminal activities from happening. Although that was not enough for the families that have been affected by the horrors and evils that are lie within. The website was sued many times throughout the years and my many different
people. The problem was that the United States Congress passed section 230 of the Communication Decency Act (C.D.A.) that supported hosting websites not to be libel for content that was posted on their websites this law also applies to amazon and eBay today, under the first amendment. The light at the end of the tunnel was finally in sight during the summer of 2017 a mixed group of party legislators passed through congress a bill that designed to make it easier to sure and criminally prosecute host of online classified sites like “Backpage.com” that has been used to advertise sex worker not matter if the amount of compensation. The families and the victims came together to stand up, speak out, and fight back to help marshal legislative change with both the house, senate, and justice. Speak out. Stand up. Fight back. I AM JANE DOE.
The documentary commenced with Griffin and Kovner exploring the life of Nancy Lanza who had been portrayed by the media as the person to blame for her son’s actions but also to be questioned on whether or not she truly was a victim. The reporters tried
...propelled the case further. Rich talks about how Peter Jackson, a famous director money was used in the DNA test that secured evidence that the Memphis Three were not involved in the murders of the little boys. Rich also highlights the name-dropping used by one of the victims in his book. The book itself was another form of gaining publicity. By writing the memoir, Echols was profiting from his understandable horrific experience. This speaks to the commodification and commercialization of experience exemplified in society today through Internet celebrities and reality television shows.
As a result of all these things, everyone took interest in the case and wanted to exploit the attention it was getting. A documentary, P...
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The book Renting Lacy: A Story of America’s Prostituted Children by Linda Smith addresses the topic of the underground world of child sex trafficking. Unfortunately, it is a topic that has been purposefully neglected in our society for many years. The author presents every chapter with a real story of a sexually exploited child. The stories are intense, powerful but especially touching which makes the reader feel frustrated, desperate, and vexed. After every chapter, Smith tries to include commentaries that presents a deeper understating about human trafficking. It seems that the purpose of her commentaries is to make the reader think deeper about the problem of sex trafficking and accumulate desires to act towards this issue as they continue
This study examines the research that initially began on October 28, 2000 and spanned through to October 31, 2009. If a human trafficking case occurred in the US, with the victim being under the age of 18, and at least one arrested, indicted or convicted felon, their case would be filed in the data analysis report. This research resulted in the finding of 115 separate incidents of human trafficking, involving at least 153 victims and 215 felons or perpetrators, 117 (53.4%) of them being convicted of their heinous actions. Each individual case consisted of anywhere between 1 to 9 victims of trafficking. 90% of these victims were females between the ages of 5 to 17 years who were held captive from less than 6 months to 5 years. 25 (16.3%) of these minors were exploited through some type of false promise and 15 (9.8%) were kidnapped. 34 (22.2%) of the victims were abused through com...
Most American citizens, if asked, would say that sex trafficking is an issue that happens on foreign land, not here in America. Many American’s believe that slavery was abolished years ago, but modern day slavery is happening in this country and internationally every day right under our noses. The startling fact, is that sex trafficking happens within our borders, and in our very own towns at a much higher rate than anyone would imagine. Sex trafficking occurs when people, usually women and children, are coerced into the sex trade against their will (TVPA, 2013). Many traffickers target weak, vulnerable people who come from low socioeconomic backgrounds and have a history of abuse; however anyone can potentially be trafficked (The Polaris Project, 2014). Many traffickers lure their prey in with false promises of love, money, or security, and then the victims are instead faced with lies, debt bondage, violence, physical and mental manipulation, and abuse (The Polaris Project, 2014). In today’s world many of our social issues, such as human trafficking, are made worse by the general lack of education, resources, and information available to the public and to victims. I propose a policy that will help 180 Turning Lives Around provide comprehensive and much needed services to victims of sex trafficking, as well as educate the community and law enforcement officials in order to help end modern day slavery in America.
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In the article “Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking in the United States,” Kimberly Kotrla discussed the disheartening facts of what’s going on in the United States under our noses. Today more and more people are finding out about this sad industry. In Alaska my brother goes out in the streets to help save these girls in sex trafficking. Knowing my brother is doing something to end this made me feel proud while reading this informative essay.
However, despite being regarded as unnecessary rumors by a section of the American society and government, many media people and houses reported harrowing incidents of murder, rape, carjacking and assaults. There were also media reports about a significant number of urban legends who sprouted at the height of the commotion brought about by Hurricane Katrina – systematic children rapists and a 7-year-old’s throat being slit. However, media reports aside, these contentions remain just that. Nevertheless, although a significant count of th...
Domestic sex trafficking is the vile new innovative business model used in the sex industry to promote prostitution. The myth about sex trafficking is that it is a foreign not a domestic problem. Sex trafficking is a very lucrative business. The “John’s” create a demand and the “pimps” provide the supply. Child abuse, child neglect, pornography, pedophilia and prostitution are all links in the chains that enslaves America’s children for the pleasure of adults.
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Sex trafficking is essentially systemic rape for profit. Force, fraud and coercion are used to control the victim’s behavior which may secure the appearance of consent to please the buyer (or john). Behind every transaction is violence or the threat of violence (Axtell par. 4). Just a decade ago, only a third of the countries studied by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime had legislation against human trafficking. (Darker Side, par.1) Women, children, and even men are taken from their homes, and off of the streets and are brought into a life that is almost impossible to get out of. This life is not one of choice, it is in most times by force. UNODC estimates that the total international human trafficking is a $32-billion-per-year business, and that 79% of this activity comprises sexual exploitation. As many as 2 million children a year are victims of commercial sexual exploitation, according the the U.S. State Department.-- Cynthia G. Wagner. (Darker Side, par. 4) The words prostitute, pimp, escort, and stripper tend to be way too common in the American everyday vocabulary. People use these words in a joking manner, but sex trafficking is far from a joke. Everyday, from all different countries, people are bought and sold either by force or false promises. Some are kidnapped and others come to America with dreams of a dream life and job. The buyers involved in the trade will do anything to purchase an innocent life just to sell for their own selfish profit. Many people wouldn’t think of a human body to be something you can buy in the back room of a business or even online. But those plus the streets are where people are sold most often. There are many reasons and causes for sex trafficking. The factors behind sex traffic...
In hindsight, many people have no clue and don’t have the slightest idea that human trafficking is even occurring in the entire world, let alone the United States. It is a shame and a shock that this happens right beneath our noses. Even when we are conscientious about human trafficking, we neglect and ignore it. We try to bypass the thought of this huge crime happening in our own country and fail to realize that it happens everyday. Human trafficking is a serious crime that many people are unaware of; it secretly takes place in the United States; it secretly ruins many lives; it secretly goes by to be never discovered or punished by government officials.
The “Land of the free” is not so free after all. Human trafficking is the third largest international crime industry after illegal drugs and arms trafficking . Human trafficking is like modern day slavery; it is defined as the loss of freedom to another 's control by force, fraud or coercion. The United States turns out to be the #1 destination for child sex trafficking. I chose this topic because it interested me the most out of all other topics. When finding a topic to do research on, none of the topics left me asking myself so many questions. The fact that i barely knew anything about human trafficking, made me realize that there might be many people out there that are like me. People who probably think that human trafficking rarely happens,