Missouri HB1688 modifies criminal penalties for certain sexual offenses, including rape, enticement of a child, and trafficking for the purposes of.
Missouri HB1688 modifies criminal penalties for certain sexual offenses. It specifies that belief about the age of the victim is not a defense. The bill sets life imprisonment or death as the authorized term of imprisonment for offenses such as rape in the first degree, enticement of a child, and trafficking for the purposes of slavery, involuntary servitude, peonage, or forced labor. It also introduces new definitions and provisions for offenses like sexual abuse in the first and second degree, possession of child pornography, and promoting child pornography.
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