Discussion: TN Gov Grants Clemency To Woman Who Says She Was A Sex Trafficking Victim

I literally burst into tears when the NBC News push notification came across my phone. I’m so thrilled this girl will get a second shot at life. Thank you so very much, Governor Haslam.

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Don’t know why she’s got to stay in prison a moment longer.

An underage girl trafficked for sex who kills the john should get a public service award for cleaning scum off the streets, not a prison sentence.

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I just saw a film on human trafficking today. Given the times we are in, something tells me that, politically, this will become even more prominent as an issue.

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I must say, “cleaning scum off the streets” simultaneously makes me think of bad 80s action movies and the Reagan-era mentality that led to the kind of draconian sentencing guidelines that created this situation in the first place.

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Such good news!!

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I don’t like the headline. Woman who “Says” she was a sex trafficking victim." It implies there is some doubt that she was such a victim.