Tag: Prostitution
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Colorado prostitution decriminalization bill shelved after sponsor says it lacks votes
A bill that would have decriminalized prostitution in Colorado will not move forward this year after its sponsor said it lacks the votes to pass its first committee. Sen. Nick Hinrichsen, a Pueblo Democrat, said he will ask to postpone Senate Bill 97 until after the legislative session ends, rather than advance it to a…
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LETTERS: Empowering the protesters;
Policy empowers the protesters A new executive order outlines Denver Mayor Mike Johnston’s response to immigration enforcement operations, including directing police to intervene and detain an ICE officer if they observe ICE using “excessive force”. This policy is setting up conflict. Your mayor has no policy for dealing with protesters that intervene in an ICE…
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EDITORIAL: Legal prostitution? A new legislative low
Colorado Democrats have introduced a bill to decriminalize “commercial sexual activity” — i.e., prostitution. And Senate Bill 26-097 isn’t just legalization. It provides no limits on prostitution, solicitation, businesses, patronizing or public displays. That goes far beyond even Nevada, where prostitution is legal but extensively regulated and limited to licensed brothels, with licensed employees. And…
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Former Backpage CEO gets three years of probation after testifying at trial about site’s sex ads
The former chief executive for the now-shuttered classified site Backpage
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Commerce City man sentenced to probation for soliciting child prostitution
Daniel Goodfield, 40, was sentenced to Sex Offender Intensive Supervised Probation
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Jefferson County arrest man on child prostitution charges following report
The 25-year-old was arrested on charges of soliciting for child prostitution, sexual exploitation of a child
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Denver’s PT’s Showclub receives 14-day closure order following prostitution allegations
The police department’s sting operation occurred on March 31
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Colorado House unanimously passes bill to protect sex workers from violent crime
The Colorado House of Representatives unanimously approved legislation Monday that seeks to allow sex workers to report violent crime without fear of being arrested. If enacted, House Bill 1288 would grant victims and witnesses of violent crime immunity from prostitution-related charges when reporting the crime to police. The bill will now be sent to the…
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Colorado House advances bill to protect sex workers from violent crime
In 2018, Pasha Ripley was supporting her husband on disability and facing foreclosure on their home when she was forced to turn to sex work to get by. Within the month, she was brutally attacked by one of her clients. Ripley said the client grabbed her by the hair when she entered the room and savagely…
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Leader of Douglas County human trafficking ring gets 304 years in prison
The leader of a human trafficking and forgery ring was sentenced to 304 years in prison by a Douglas County District Court judge, the 18th Judicial District Attorney’s Office said Thursday. Chauncey Price, 30, was found guilty of 13 counts, including trafficking a minor for sexual servitude, human trafficking for sexual servitude, pandering of a…