Specialized courts are all the rage. DMN reports. But for the last two months Mrs. Sneed and about 20 other former prostitutes have given up selling their bodies in exchange for freedom. Sneed, This program has been a miracle to me. The program to which Mrs. The women usually meet in her Dallas courtroom on Monday afternoons to talk about their progress and their setbacks. Texas Prostitution Laws In Texas, prostitution is a misdemeanor with the possibility of up to 6 months in the county jail.
From the Texas Penal Code. An offense is established under Subsection a 2 whether the actor solicits a person to hire him or offers to hire the person solicited. It is the commercial aspect that makes prostitution illegal. Kind of a strange line for morality. In the age of craigslist and internet escorts the streetwalker stereotypes are changing rapidly. Opportunity costs aside; should this conduct be constitutionally protected?
In Lawrence vs. The liberty protected by the Constitution allows homosexual persons the right to choose to enter upon relationships in the confines of their homes and their own private lives and still retain their dignity as free persons. From the Texas Penal Code Sec. From SCOTUS [The State of Texas] seeks to control a personal relationship that, whether or not entitled to formal recognition in the law, is within the liberty of persons to choose without being punished as criminals.
