新墨西哥州总检察长公布立法方案：拟取消人口贩卖追诉时效、强化未成年人保护
新墨西哥州总检察长劳尔·托雷斯（Raúl Torrez）与州众议员梅雷迪思·迪克森（Meredith Dixon）10月15日在Albuquerque公布一套立法方案，拟提交2027年立法会期审议，内容包括取消人口贩卖犯罪的追诉时效、强化对未成年人的保护，并扩大刑事案件受害人的权利。新墨西哥梦想中心等倡导组织代表出席了发布活动。
方案核心的《TIME法案》拟将儿童性剥削的保护年龄由16岁提高至18岁；受害人未满18岁的人口贩卖案件按一级重罪处罚；将商业性贩卖纳入性犯罪者登记，受害人为未成年人时须终身登记；禁止以受害人的性经历、未成年人所谓「同意」或对年龄的误判作为抗辩理由；贩卖受害人不得被控卖淫或贩卖相关共犯。另一项受害人权利修宪提案拟允许受害人拒绝辩方律师的审前访谈或为参加访谈设定合理条件，要求辩方通过检察官办公室与受害人联系，保护受害人的地址、电话与工作地点不向被告披露，并将适用罪名扩大至抢劫、跟踪、家庭成员伤害与人口贩卖。
托雷斯曾任联邦检察官。他表示，刑事司法程序可能让已经历巨大伤害的幸存者再次受到创伤，法律应当保护受害人、维护其尊严并追究施害者责任。迪克森表示，这些法案将消除起诉人口贩卖的障碍、加强对儿童的保护，并确保受害人在法律程序中有切实的话语权。
New Mexico Attorney General Unveils Package to Protect Trafficking Survivors and Strengthen Victims' Rights
New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez and State Representative Meredith Dixon announced a legislative package in Albuquerque on October 15 aimed at strengthening protections for survivors of human trafficking and child sexual exploitation and expanding the rights of crime victims. The proposals, intended for the 2027 legislative session, were unveiled alongside advocates including the New Mexico Dream Center.
The package's TIME Act would eliminate the statute of limitations for prosecuting human trafficking, raise the age of protection for child sexual exploitation from 16 to 18, establish a first-degree felony penalty when a trafficking victim is under 18, add commercial sex trafficking to the sex offender registry with lifetime registration when the victim is a minor, bar certain defenses based on a victim's sexual history, a minor's purported consent or a mistake about age, and prevent trafficking victims from being charged with prostitution or as accessories to trafficking offenses. A separate Victims' Rights Constitutional Amendment would let victims refuse pretrial interviews with defense attorneys or set reasonable conditions, require defense contact to go through the prosecuting attorney's office, shield victims' addresses, phone numbers and workplaces from disclosure to the accused absent a court order, and expand covered offenses to include robbery, stalking, household-member assault and battery, and human trafficking.
Torrez, a former federal prosecutor, said the criminal justice process can retraumatize survivors and that the law must protect victims, respect their dignity and hold perpetrators accountable. Dixon said the bills would remove barriers to prosecuting human trafficking, strengthen protections for children and give victims a meaningful voice in the legal process.
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