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 [...]