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On the recordMarch 19, 2014
If the johns are afraid, the rapists are afraid of being publicly humiliated--and Judge Poe did this when he was a judge--was that public shame.
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Ted Poe
Republican · Texas

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Ted Poe discusses the effectiveness of public shame in reducing trafficking.

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