Yes, sting operations are legal. Police can pose as clients, post decoy ads, and arrest people who respond. Entrapment is a defense, but it is a narrow [...]
It is not a prostitution case anymore - it is a human trafficking or commercial sexual abuse of a minor case, and those are felonies with decades [...]
For a basic, adult-to-adult prostitution or solicitation charge: no. Rhode Island's sex offender registration statute does not reach routine prostitution offenses. Registration is reserved for specified sex [...]
Almost certainly not. First-offense prostitution or solicitation is a misdemeanor with a statutory maximum of 6 months, but in practice, first-time offenders in Rhode Island District Court [...]
No. Rhode Island criminalized indoor prostitution in November 2009, closing a loophole that had existed for decades in the statutory language. Today, both selling sexual conduct and [...]
Arson defense is not a flat-fee traffic ticket. The cost depends on the degree charged, the complexity of the cause-and-origin challenge, whether federal charges are involved, whether [...]
