Manditory jail time for prostitutes and johns

[mongo]

Arizona lawmakers are cracking down on one of the world's "oldest known professions."

A bill was approved this week that would require mandatory jail sentences for prostitutes and anyone who solicits their services.

The first offense would require15 consecutive days in jail. The second, 30 consecutive days. The third, 60 consecutive days, and the fourth, 180 consecutive days in jail.

The bill is now headed to the Governor's desk.

Residents say they want to clean up the streets.

http://kvoa.com/Global/story.asp?S=4868360&nav=HMO6

[bumblebee1]

1. What is the jail time for pimps or madams?

[WhiteTara]

2. good question n/t

[MADem]

6. Heidi Fleiss got three years and 300 hours of community service

http://www.rotten.com/library/bio/misc/heidi-fleiss/

But she was a bit more famous than the average panderer....

[mongo]

11. Not sure in AZ

but in Ohio, it is a more serious offense than prostitution.

[High Plains]

3. Stupid legislators.

Consensual acts among adults are none of the state's business.

On edit: If people are concerned about streetwalkers, create brothels. It works in civilized societies.

[aikoaiko]

4. Agreed, putting men and women in jail for consentual sex is FUBAR

[MadHound]

5. Better solution

Legalize it, control it, do regular health inspections and medical check-ups, weekly, and tax it.

I knew soon as they started handing out mandatory jail sentences for drugs sooner or later they'll do mandatory sentences for many other crimes. If this keeps up, pretty soon a speeding ticket will land you a week in the can.

[dysfunctional press]

7. speeding is more dangerous to others than prostitution...

people who speed on the roadways endanger the lives of others- people who got to prostitutes do not.

[Justice Is Comin]

8. You got it.

What a novel concept. But no instead these brain oxygen starved old fogies never learned the lesson from alcohol prohibition.

Don't allow consensual acts between two like thinking adults, control std's and derive income from the legalized regulation. Instead keep trying to push water back up into the faucet.

What morons. They're the ones who should be jailed.

[RebelOne]

9. Isn't that what is done in Nevada?

Brothels are legal in certain counties.

[MadHound]

10. Yes, I believe there are ten counties in NV where prostitution is legal

Interestingly enough though, none of those counties include Las Vegas:shrug: