Sara Kruzan was sentenced to life at age 16 for killing the man who started abusing her when she was 11. That's just how California did justice back in the 1990's-- considering little girls who were trafficked to be complicit or willing 1/3 latimes.com/california/sto…
California is better these days when it comes to realizing children cannot be "prostitutes" because they are in fact victims of trafficking. Kruzan won release after 19 years in prison-remember she went in at 16. Now, she wants a pardon from #GavinNewsom latimes.com/california/sto…
We, the state of California, owe Kruzan a pardon - but even more, we owe it to her 7 year-old-daughter as an acknowledgment we failed to protect Kruzan as a child, and failed to protect her from an unfair justice system that ignored her abuse. latimes.com/california/sto…
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