L.A.'s Plan to Shame Johns

The Stocks, scarlet letters, tar-and-feathering and other puritanical forms of punishment have been out of fashion for several centuries, but the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors now wants to help revive public shaming as a way to discourage sex trafficking. Led by Supervisor Don Knabe, the board this week backed a plan to publicize the names and faces of people convicted of soliciting prostitutes, with a particular emphasis on humiliating those who solicit minors.

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