Criminal
Jan. 18, 2013
Courts see shift in human trafficking prosecutions
Sara Kruzan's case has been championed by human trafficking activists as an example of the injustices facing victims of sexual exploitation - a message prosecutors say they've been hearing.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
RIVERSIDE - Sara Kruzan was 11 when she met the man who molested her - a man who in the coming years raped her, forced her into prostitution and died at her hands when she was 16. When Kruzan was convicted of her pimp's murder in 1995, human trafficking issues were not widely discussed, nor were aspects of her abuse allowed to be brought up in trial. At 17, she was sentenced to life in prison without possibi...
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