Posted by Eugene Volokh: How Rhode Island Mostly -- and Perhaps Inadvertently -- Decriminalized Much Off-Street Prostitution in the Late 1970s: http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2009_05_31-2009_06_06.shtml#1243873434
An interesting article from [1]the Providence Journal. As a [2]federal district court ruled in 1980, "[T]he amendments appear to have decriminalized the sexual act itself, even when undertaken for remuneration. Thus, it appears to the Court that [3]� 11-34-5 now outlaws only certain preliminary or preparatory activities (securing, transporting, receiving into a house or conveyance, etc.), and then only when pecuniary gain is somehow involved. Thanks to [4]How Appealing for the pointer. References 1. http://www.projo.com/news/content/PROSTITUTION_LAW31_05-31-09_NVEHGBH_v161.3e90048.html 2. http://ri.findacase.com/research/wfrmDocViewer.aspx/xq/fac.%5CFDCT%5CDRI%5C1981%5C19810929_0000012.DRI.htm/qx 3. http://law.justia.com/rhodeisland/codes/title11/11-34-5.html 4. http://howappealing.law.com/
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