California Assembly Squashes Bill That Would Have Made Child Trafficking Punishable by Life in Prison...

by Jason Walsh at The Daily Fetched

The California Assembly Committee on Public Safety blocked a bill that would have increased the charges of child trafficking to life in prison.

The bill would have made child trafficking of children a “serious felony” that would carry the same life in prison or the death penalty, similar to murder, rape, or other crimes.

However, the California Assembly Public Safety Committee blocked the measure on Tuesday, prompting a victim to scream out “horrible” through sobs of tears.

JUST IN: The Assembly Public Safety Committee blocks SB 14, which would have made human trafficking of a minor a serious felony in California.

"HORRIBLE" was yelled at the dais as victim sobs.

The bill had cleared the Senate with bipartisan support. https://t.co/2xIsoV7vhi

— Ashley Zavala (@ZavalaA) July 11, 2023

Fox News reports:

“No Democrats on the committee voted for the bill. Only one Republican assemblyman — Assemblyman Tom Lackey — voted yes on the bill while the GOP vice chair of the committee, Assemblyman Juan Alanis, was out of the committee room at the time of the vote.”

The report adds that…