SEATTLE (AP) — King County prosecutors plan to use a trial next week in Seattle to demonstrate how pimps and johns sexually exploit children.
Three men are charged under a new law that took effect in June in Washington. It increased the penalties for promoting commercial sexual abuse of a minor.
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