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No one else need be convicted or arrested before the movant may file

To provide for the vacating of certain convictions and expungement of certain arrests of victims of human trafficking, section 2, Sec. 2. Written by .

No one else need be convicted or arrested before the movant may file

The document says “shall notWho acts: United States district courtsHow: statuteSec. 2 in the PDF
What the document says

“It shall not be necessary that any person other than the movant be convicted of or arrested for an offense before the movant may file a motion under paragraph (1).”

To provide for the vacating of certain convictions and expungement of certain arrests of victims of human trafficking, Sec. 2

Relief under the section does not depend on anyone else being prosecuted. No person other than the movant need be convicted of or arrested for an offense before the movant may file.

What the document actually says

“It shall not be necessary that any person other than the movant be convicted of or arrested for an offense before the movant may file a motion under paragraph (1).”

To provide for the vacating of certain convictions and expungement of certain arrests of victims of human trafficking, Sec. 2
That sentence, in plain words

No one else has to be found guilty first. No one else has to be held first. The person can still file the ask.

What this is about

Many people who force others are never caught. This rule means a victim need not wait for that. Their own ask can go ahead.

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