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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.