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9th Circuit’s mid-trial intervention prompts judge to vacate ruling on alleged sex trafficking victims
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9th Circuit’s mid-trial intervention prompts judge to vacate ruling on alleged sex trafficking victims

U.S. District Judge Fernando Olguin was going to allow lawyers for a woman accused of sex trafficking to question the alleged victims about their arrests for prostitution.

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May 31, 2023
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Screenshots from the recent 9th Circuit filings in United States v. Xing.

The 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals recently intervened in a criminal sex trafficking trial underway in Los Angeles federal court, resulting in the judge reversing a key ruling about the relevance of the alleged victims’ prostitution arrests.

The rare mid-trial appellate involvem…

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