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Statewide Anti-Trafficking Laws 

§13A-6-159: Affirmative Defense

SYNOPSIS: BEING A VICTIM OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING IS AN AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE FOR VICTIMS THAT ENGAGED IN ILLEGAL ACTS AND ARE BEING PROSECUTED FOR PROSTITUTION.

Section 13A-6-159

Affirmative defense.

In a prosecution for prostitution, or a sexually explicit performance defined in this article, of a human trafficking victim for the victim's illegal acts engaged in or performed as a result of labor servitude or sexual servitude, it shall be an affirmative defense that the person was a victim of human trafficking.


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