03/15/2021
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"We as a civil society protect always the most vulnerable among us and not take advantage of them."
"It is a crime that is rightly punishable by incarceration in prison because of the nature of the harm to the victims and the outrageousness of the conduct that is predatory in nature."
"The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children tells us that Backpage is linked to nearly three-quarters of all suspected child sex trafficking reports."
"This crime has increasingly moved from the street to the smartphone."