By Tom Strode
WASHINGTON (BP)--The prosecution of three child sex tourists arrested in Cambodia demonstrates the benefit internationally of a six-year-old federal law, a Southern Baptist public policy leader says.
Officials returned the men Aug. 31 to Los Angeles, where they were charged in federal court with violating a 2003 law focused on preventing the exploitation and abduction of children. The Prosecutorial Remedies and Other Tools to End the Exploitation of Children Today (PROTECT) Act includes a provision calling for as much as a 30-year prison sentence for convicted operators and patrons of child sex tours overseas.
Richard Land, president of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC), applauded news of the law's effect.
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