1) they removed his language that child victims need to be immune from being charged as prostitutes
2) they removed the mandatory minimum sentencing he wanted for perpetrators
Basically Seesions wanted tougher legislation (as well as protection/immunity for child victims) and would not approve this softer bill based on principle.
Here's the land-whale who authored that petition, which has no citations or references and seems to crumble in the face of the facts.
https://www.change.org/u/200300
Maybe he did not like the change made to the bill. Do we know what the change was? Did it absolve the perpetrator from paying? What was it? I will hold my opinion of Sessions until I find out the entire story.
▼ Kwijibo
rule 4.
▼ justforthissubverse
Two changes he opposed.
1) they removed his language that child victims need to be immune from being charged as prostitutes
2) they removed the mandatory minimum sentencing he wanted for perpetrators
Basically Seesions wanted tougher legislation (as well as protection/immunity for child victims) and would not approve this softer bill based on principle.
▼ Beaucephus
12/09/2010 Senate Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S8696-8700)
12/09/2010 - Senator Sessions passed this bill along with every other senator.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/senate-bill/2925/all-actions
There's some fuckery going on here
Here's the land-whale who authored that petition, which has no citations or references and seems to crumble in the face of the facts. https://www.change.org/u/200300
▼ carmencita
Maybe he did not like the change made to the bill. Do we know what the change was? Did it absolve the perpetrator from paying? What was it? I will hold my opinion of Sessions until I find out the entire story.
▼ brokencookie
Those are good questions... I have to step out for the rest of the day, but maybe someone has time to look into it.
▼ brokencookie
Sorry about the duplicate post. I didn't know the first link posted.