Sex Trafficking Statute Imposes Strict Liability With Regard to Age of Victims, Circuit Rules

Addressing an issue of first impression, the Second Circuit said that a provision added by Congress in 2008 to the statute criminalizing sex trafficking of a minor relieves "the government's usual burden to prove knowledge or reckless disregard of the victim's under age status."

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