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.
Webinar addresses vacating the records of human trafficking victims January 13, 2021
Share This A proposed bill that would expunge criminal convictions for Connecticut’s trafficking victims was the focus of the Quinnipiac School of Law’s January 8 webinar, “Fighting Human Trafficking by Decriminalizing Victims: Expanding Connecticut’s Vacatur Laws.”
The webinar, part of an ongoing series to raise awareness of human trafficking, was planned by the law school’s Human Trafficking Prevention Project. Nearly 250 viewers listened as a diverse group of lawyers and experts weighed in on the bill, which was drafted by the school’s Civil Justice Clinic and HTPP.