W. Va. Code § 61-14-5: Sexual servitude; penalties.
Where this section sits in the code
- CHAPTER 61. CRIMES AND THEIR PUNISHMENT.
- ARTICLE 14. HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND HUMAN SMUGGLING.
(a) Any person who knowingly uses coercion to compel an adult to engage in commercial sexual activity is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be imprisoned in a state correctional facility for a determinate sentence of not less than 25 years.
(b) Any person who knowingly maintains or makes available a minor for the purpose of engaging the minor in commercial sexual activity is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be imprisoned in a state correctional facility for a determinate sentence of not less than 50 years.
(c) It is not a defense in a prosecution under subsection (b) of this section that the minor consented to engage in commercial sexual activity, or that the defendant believed the minor was an adult.
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