Proposition 133: Require Life in Prison for Human Trafficking of Minors Measure

Proposition 133 would increase the penalty for human trafficking of a minor for sexual servitude to life imprisonment without parole. The current sentencing range is substantially lower.

Why Vote YES?

Children are not commodities.

Anyone who knowingly traffics a child for sexual servitude commits an exceptionally serious crime that destroys lives and families.

Colorado's criminal justice system should send an unmistakable message that exploiting children for sexual purposes will result in the strongest available punishment.

The priority should be protecting victims and permanently incapacitating predators who commit the most horrific offenses against children.

Position: Protect children and impose severe penalties on those who traffic them for sexual exploitation. Vote YES.

Would further deter this heinous crime by expanding the definition of trafficking and increasing the penalty to life imprisonment.

We oppose human trafficking. Human traffickers should be punished. Proposition 133 seeks to increase punishment without protecting victims or allowing judges to consider the situation and role of defendants. We recommend voting NO on this proposition. - Prop 133 does not protect human trafficking victims from being charged with crimes. - Prop 133 extends the mandatory sentences but does not provide money for prisons. - Prop 133 ignores existing laws that provide protections for minor victims and laws that allow judges to consider circumstances when sentencing. Our children will be safer if we put our resources into preventing the trafficking of minors rather than paying for more prisons.