Category: Sex Crimes

Bad Samaritan laws impose a duty to help victims of sex trafficking by notifying authorities or by direct intervention, or both.

Generally, people who are convicted of committing a sex crime in Minnesota are sentenced to jail or prison time or hefty fines.

Minnesota's Safe Harbor Law protects child sex trafficking victims from criminal prosecution and allows victims to come forward and testify against perpetrators without fear of criminal reprisal.

Parents are presented with a new concern as minors take part in sexting, the act of sharing sexually explicit texts or images.

Sexual exploitation of a minor is a federal offense and severe penalties can apply if an offender is convicted of the crime.

Date rape is classified as a criminal offense. A prosecutor has the legal burden of proof to prove the defendant’s guilt “beyond a reasonable doubt” in order to get a conviction.

The high rate of human trafficking crimes in St Paul has led to a strong police force that's cracking down on sex crimes with a Human Trafficking Task Force.

Unreliable date rape drug testing and a lack of solid evidence can make it difficult to prove drug-facilitated sexual assaults occurred.

Minneapolis attorney, Max Keller of Keller Criminal Defense Attorneys presented oral arguments to the Minnesota Supreme Court on May 7, 2018. The case, State of Minnesota, Respondent vs. Christopher Lee Holloway involved Christopher Holloway, who was charged with third-degree and fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct for an incident with a 14-year-old.

Sex trafficking victims are often arrested in prostitution stings and charged with a criminal misdemeanor or felony offenses because they are wrongly identified within the criminal justice system.