Comments on: Crime and punishment roundup https://www.overlawyered.com/2017/05/crime-punishment-roundup-8/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Sat, 27 May 2017 05:35:50 +0000 hourly 1 By: MattS https://www.overlawyered.com/2017/05/crime-punishment-roundup-8/comment-page-1/#comment-345837 Sat, 27 May 2017 05:35:50 +0000 https://www.overlawyered.com/?p=61152#comment-345837 In reply to spo.

And they largely get away with that violence lbecause prostitution is illegal. If prostitution were legal, the prostitutes would have legal recourse against that kind of treatment as well as protection by a host of other employment regulations.

]]> By: spo https://www.overlawyered.com/2017/05/crime-punishment-roundup-8/comment-page-1/#comment-345835 Sat, 27 May 2017 02:27:28 +0000 https://www.overlawyered.com/?p=61152#comment-345835 With respect to prostitution, perhaps legalization is the answer—but the reality is that pimps are violent scum who deserve far worse punishment that is meted out to them.

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