Rev, I guess I'm one of those magistrates. Had a case about 2 years ago that opened my eyes big time. 15 year old girl went to a party with a friend. Older guy started hitting on her. She's flattered that a 21 year old is interested in her. He talks her into a walk outside, gives her a drink. Within minutes, she starts feeling bad. He takes her home, to his home, where she keeps getting worse, really sick and vomiting almost non-stop. he calls a doctor, who gives her a shot and she feels great, but really numb and sleepy. he tells her he used her phone to call her parents and she's good to stay with him until she feels good enough to go home. Next morning, gets her some juice, and it starts again, followed by another shot. Long story short, he was putting ipicac in her drinks, and the "doc" was shooting her with heroin. Within days, she's hooked. Guy uses her contact information to get family photos, and basically says "you work for me or I get your little sister to do the job after we kill your parents." Tattoos her name on her back. Starts selling her. Keeps her on the heroin enough to keep her compliant. When he thought after two months he owned her, he sent her out to buy snacks and coke. After she buys the dope, she goes in a grocery store and sees a cop. She goes to the cop and confesses possession, and on station tells him the whole story, down to the tattoo. He finds her name on the missing child list. She gets locked up, for her own safety, and brought into my court, where we were able to get her into a rehab program with sexual abuse counseling, and also reunite her with her parents. Even found a doc who was willing to do the tattoo removal for free.
So, yeah, I hate these dirtbags, and they should all die the lingering and painful deaths they've earned.
