A Piece of Justice

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A man who was running a child sex ring of young boys in Thailand has been sentenced to 25 years in prison.

"John Wrenshall created a place where innocent children were sexually brutalized as a vacation pastime," Fishman said. "It is fitting that a man who has condemned children to live with unimaginable scars for his pleasure and profit should spend decades of his own life in a prison cell."

This is the kind of news that simultaneously can break your heart and give you hope. The days of the predator are numbered, and today, there's a small piece of justice for Wrenshall's victims. 

Better Late Than Never

Finally, Massachusetts!

For a state that is infamous for its taxes and laws, I'm surprised that 46 other states have beaten us to this punch. Attorney General Martha Coakley is finally calling for legislation that would make human trafficking for sex in Massachusetts a crime.

The law will make sexual trafficking a punishable offense by 20 years in prison, with harsher penalties for trafficking cases involving minors.

This is an important first step and I hope it will soon be followed by a vested interest in funding anti-trafficking programs in the state and making anti-trafficking more of a priority here.

Meanwhile, in central Pennsylvania, lawmakers are pushing to make trafficking hotlines "prominently visible" in all massage parlors, nuisance motels, and any place with a liquor license. Other measures for better protecting victims of trafficking include making sure that "prostitution" does not appear on their criminal records.

Keep it up, politicians. Glad to see some of you are using your time in office wisely.

When Is a Broken Heart Worth Celebrating?

Love146 says, when it changes the world.


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Being an abolitionist means being willing to voluntarily join the Broken Heart Club:

"[A] final comfort that is small, but not cold: The heart is the only broken instrument that works." ~T.E. Kalem