Ley sobre la prostitución y el tráfico sexual en Minnesota

Explicación Simple

Si alguien ayuda a que otras personas se dediquen a la prostitución o se beneficia de ello, puede ir a la cárcel por hasta 20 años o pagar una multa de hasta $40,000. También hay excepciones para algunos casos, como si la persona es un menor o un padre mayor que no sabía de la situación.

Es como cuando alguien ayuda a un amigo a hacer trampa en un examen; no solo está mal, sino que puede meterse en problemas más grandes por ayudar al amigo.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Juan ve que su amiga Ana está en problemas y decide ayudarla a ganar dinero a través de la prostitución. Si las autoridades descubren que Juan está promoviendo esta actividad, podría enfrentarse a una condena de hasta 20 años de cárcel y una multa grande. Ana, siendo menor de edad, no sería penalizada de la misma manera.

Penalidades

Imprisión de hasta 20 años o multa de hasta $40,000 por promover la prostitución o el tráfico sexual.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

ed in paragraph (b); and (2) an executed sentence of between 123 and 172 months must be imposed on an offender convicted of violating this subdivision under the conditions described in paragraph (b). Sentencing a person in a manner other than that described in this paragraph is a departure from the Sentencing Guidelines. Whoever, while acting other than as a prostitute or patron, intentionally does any of the following may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than 20 years or to payment of a fine of not more than $40,000, or both: (1) solicits or induces an individual to practice prostitution; (2) promotes the prostitution of an individual; (3) receives profit, knowing or having reason to know that it is derived from the prostitution, or the promotion of the prostitution, of an individual; or (4) engages in the sex trafficking of an individual. Subdivisions 1, paragraph (a), clause (3), and 1a, clause (3), do not apply to: (1) a minor who is dependent on an individual acting as a prostitute and who may have benefited from or been supported by the individual's earnings derived from prostitution; or (2) a parent over the age of 55 who is dependent on an individual acting as a prostitute, who may have benefited from or been supported by the individual's earnings derived from prostitution, and who did not know that the earnings were derived from prostitution; or (3) the sale of goods or services to a prostitute in the ordinary course of a lawful business. Acts by the defendant in violation of any one or more of the provisions in this section within any six-month period may be aggregated and the defendant charged accordingly in applying the provisions of this section; provided that when two or more offenses are committed by the same person in two or more count