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This week on "The State of Ohio": State lawmakers consider what they can do in the wake of the horrible and yet miraculous escape story out of Cleveland involving three women held prisoner in a house for a decade. New data shows more than half of all violent crimes are committed by a very small numbers of offenders. Lawmakers are now working to target that tiny group. And more thoughts on legislation that would dramatically change rules on unions in Ohio.
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| Lame-duck lawmakers up the penalties for trafficking in humans as sex slaves. |
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By Bill Cohen - December 17, 2008 |
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Ohio legislators are wrapping up work on a measure that increases the punishment for criminals convicted of human trafficking. The proposal makes it a first degree felony for people who force others into prostitution and peddle them around the country as sex slaves. State senator Teresa Fedor says more than half of the victims are children.
The crackdown on human trafficking has been added as an amendment to an unrelated bill, dealing with abortion. It would require all abortion clinics to display signs which read -- "no one can force you to have an abortion." |
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Sen. Teresa Fedor (D-Toledo) (:22) 
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