Government,
Criminal
Mar. 28, 2019
A sex work bill we can agree on
Regardless of one’s legal, philosophical or moral views on sex work itself, it is not difficult to conclude that something has gone very wrong when someone is arrested for reporting that she has been raped.
Jerald Mosley
Jerald is retired from practice in employment and constitutional law as a supervising deputy attorney general at the California Department of Justice.
When Kristen Diangelo was taken to the UC Davis rape unit, she had been beaten so savagely she was bleeding from innumerable wounds with virtually no part of her body left untouched, and she had no voice left. In fact, it took years for her voice to recover, and its effects can still be heard in her speech. But there was a problem in bringing her brutal assailant to justice: Kristen was a sex worker. When the police arrived at the rape unit, they told her if she press...
For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
Receive unlimited article access and full access to our archives,
Daily Appellate Report, award winning columns, and our
Verdicts and Settlements.
Or
$795 for an entire year!
Or access this article for $45
(Purchase provides 7-day access to this article. Printing, posting or downloading is not allowed.)
Already a subscriber?
Sign In