Ley sobre la prostitución y delitos relacionados en Pensilvania

Explicación Simple

Esta ley dice que es muy malo ayudar o forzar a un menor a ser prostituta. También prohíbe hacer negocios de prostitución donde hay menores involucrados.

Es como si alguien estuviera vendiendo galletas en un parque y decidiera que es buena idea dejar que niños hagan el trabajo, aunque eso no esté bien y pueda lastimarlos.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Juan tiene un local donde se ofrecen servicios de prostitución. Si él permite que una menor de edad, como Ana, trabaje allí o la obliga a hacerlo, Juan estaría cometiendo un delito grave según esta ley.

Penalidades

Los delitos relacionados con la prostitución de menores se consideran felonías de tercer grado, lo que puede resultar en prisión y multas.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

(8) soliciting, receiving, or agreeing to receive any benefit for doing or agreeing to do anything forbidden by this subsection. (b.1) Promoting prostitution of minor.--A person who knowingly promotes prostitution of a minor commits a felony of the third degree. The following acts shall, without limitation of the foregoing, constitute promoting prostitution of a minor: (1) owning, controlling, managing, supervising or otherwise keeping, alone or in association with others, a house of prostitution or a prostitution business in which a victim is a minor; (2) procuring an inmate who is a minor for a house of prostitution or a place in a house of prostitution where a minor would be an inmate; (3) encouraging, inducing or otherwise intentionally causing a minor to become or remain a prostitute; (4) soliciting a minor to patronize a prostitute; (5) procuring a prostitute who is a minor for a patron; (6) transporting a minor into or within this Commonwealth with intent to promote the engaging in prostitution by that minor, or procuring or paying for transportation with that intent; (7) leasing or otherwise permitting a place controlled by the actor, alone or in association with others, to be regularly used for prostitution of a minor or the promotion of prostitution of a minor, or failure to make reasonable effort to abate such use by ejecting the tenant, notifying law enforcement authorities or other legally available means; or (8) soliciting, receiving or agreeing to receive any benefit for doing or agreeing to do anything forbidden by this subsection. (c) Grading of offenses under subsection (b).-- (1) An offense under subsection (b) constitutes a felony of the third degree if: (i) the offense falls within paragraphs (b)(1), (b)(2) or (b)(3); (ii) the actor compels another