Erasing Criminal Records Lets Trafficking Victims Rebuild
By
Sarah Martinson | February 7, 2021, 8:02 PM EST
Most criminal record relief laws for trafficking victims only cover prostitution or sex-related crimes, but victims are also commonly arrested for drug possession and theft while being trafficked. (Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images)
Theresa Leonard-Rozyn's mother left her at a hospital in Waterbury, Connecticut, after she was born and didn't reappear until more than five years later. That was when her mother, who was a drug addict, regained custody of her and started selling her to men for sex.
Those convictions were preventing me from living in victory.