Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Brothels are safe houses for hookers.
So has the highest court in Ontario ruled and declared that a prohibition against brothels is unconstitutional.
A ban on brothels puts prostitutes at risk and is unconstitutional, Ontario's top court ruled Monday, in a case that is expected to be appealed to Canada's top court and have ramifications for the country at large.This ruling may still be appealed to a higher court but it is nice to see a court concerned about people.
The Ontario Court of Appeal said sex workers should be allowed to work safely indoors.
"The world in which street prostitutes actually operate is a world of dark streets and barren, isolated, silent places," said the five-judge panel in their ruling. "It is a dangerous world, with always the risk of violence and even death."
The court in Canada's most populous province has given the government a year to rewrite the law if it chooses.
The panel also said Monday that rules against profiting from prostitution should apply only to "circumstances of exploitation" to prevent pimps from exploiting prostitutes.
The change will allow police to prosecute violent and manipulative pimps while at the same time permitting prostitutes to hire drivers or body guards to protect them, the court said.
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