District attorney in Lewiston pushes to decriminalize prostitution
Some worry the move might spur more commercial sex in Maine as pimps tell young exploited women you won t get in trouble because it s legal in Androscoggin.
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The Legislature’s Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee heard testimony last week on a measure that would revise prostitution laws to focus police and prosecutors on buyers of commercial sex..
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LEWISTON District Attorney Andrew Robinson is calling on state lawmakers to decriminalize prostitution and allow its victims to seek to have past convictions sealed.
The bill he supports “would acknowledge that people who are caught up in the nightmare circumstances of human trafficking and sexual exploitation are victims” rather than criminals, Robinson told legislators.