End Human Trafficking

Predators should never be released from prison,never.They will be predators for the rest of their lives.

I just heard of this case today on my local evening news channel and pulled up the information on the internet because it was too hard for me to believe a mother could treat her child in this manner.  I thought perhaps I had misheard the newscast.  Just when we think we have heard of the most heinous depraved behavior anyone could imagine, our senses are assaulted once again with yet another shocking example of how our society is drowning in immorality and deviant behavior.  We should all be praying for the delivery of humanity from the grips of these wretched indecencies -- and working to eradicate the ability for these "people"-(animals?) to continue to get away with enslaving these children as sexual hostages.  God bless little Shaniya - may she rest in peace.

May Shaniya rest in peace and may her unjust death be a call to action for children in America. Her father apparently had been taking care of her until just a few months before he sent her to live with her "mother" -- I cannot imagine what he is going through, but also know that NOBODY would ever reasonably imagine that something this horrific and terrifying could happen to any child. Unfortunately, it is happening and as usual, when budgets get tight, the FIRST things cut are the services for children at risk, afterall, if you can't vote, you will never count to those who depend upon elections, apparently. Sadly, in this case, I'm not sure if it would have been prevented, since the child apparently had been safe and cared for, until recently sent to live with these monsters, who clearly had no regard or love for her.

There is some solace in knowing that those responsible for this gross cruelty and lethal abuse have been detected and will not be free to commit any more atrocities on any other children. The world loses that which is irreplaceable and precious, every time we lose a child.

"Davis was able to sell her five-year-old daughter into prostitution because a prostitution market for children exists in America. All of these girls are sold because there are men demanding sex from children, and who are willing to pay for it."

While it is certainly true that there is a sickening demand for sex from perverts for children to rape, and some are willing to pay in order to abuse and in this case, murder a child, it is certainly the grossest betrayal of trust, when it is a parent, profiteering off, knowingly sending the child into this hell on earth. The laws are not protecting children from predators, and they also are not protecting children from lethal parents. Meanwhile, policies are created favoring keeping children WITH biological parents, fine if you are dealing with even nominally humane and caring folks, but we already KNOW there will be rising rates of all sorts of abuse and neglect of children, when there is gross levels of poverty and destitution and children thrown in to that despair and left. This mother was a psychopath, who sought out access to this child for this purpose, and lured little Shaniya into her home, with lies, so she could sell her to a murderer, if indeed she wasn't directly involved in that too. I believe in euthansia for rabid dogs, and subhumans, should also be humanely put out of misery, in my view, where there is ABSOLUTELY NO DOUBT about their involvement in the cruel death of an innocent person, such as this child. I am opposed to the death penalty for everyone else, but NOT for perpetrators of this sort of CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY.

"Because when there is no market for trafficked children, there is no incentive to sell them. And if there were no buyers in North Carolina, perhaps Shaniya would be home with her dad right now."

No. If there were no market for trafficked children, she'd still have been grossly neglected by this monster and left out on corners, and left home alone, and not properly cared for, she would have remained vulnerable to whatever other perps were about, and from the sounds of it, plenty. The only difference being her disgusting excuse for a parent, wouldn't have made money in the process.

What can we do about the problem of sexual predators to stop this?  Is it even possible to stop people from finding children sexually attractive among those who do for whatever reason, or is it only possible to exercise more control over adults' decisions to engage in sexual conduct with children by toughening the penalties and laws that answer these crimes?

I agree with you that the market shares the blame with the mother, but how do we do a better job addressing the market?

Everyone that is reading this should get involved on a state level.  There are plenty of organization out there that could use your help.  If you can't find one check out oathcoalition.org and start there.

I only wish stopping child abuse was as easy as making more laws but alas it is not.  If laws were effective in preventing child abuse and exploitation then it wouldn't still be happening.  Shaniya's tragic death was the result of a society that demonizes the most marginalized people and refuses to provide services to those most in need.  Had her mother had access to proper mental health care and addiction treatment, it is highly unlikely that this would have ever happened. If children werne't forced to run away from home because of abuse and instead had safe places to go, there wouldn't be 12 yr olds on the steets forced to sell themselves for survival.  If parents who needed assistance for addiction or other menthal health issues had access to that, they would be better parents capable of properly caring for their children.  Unfortunately, we would rather punish mental illness, in all it's forms, rather than treat it and the list of victims of this ineffective and inhumane approach grows longer every day. 

As for paying closer attention to sexual offenders, I am all for this, if by that we mean those who are a true danger to society.  If the rolls of sex offender watch lists weren't filled with the names of non-predatory people who were convicted for ridiculous reasons, i.e. 17 year olds convicted for having sex with their 16 year old partners, law enforcement would have a much easier time keeping track of the truly dangerous predators out there like serial rapists and child abusers.

Every time there is an innocent living being, whether human or of other species, whose life is taken, I am saddened, sickened, and outraged.  When you add sex trafficking to the mix, and find that it is engaged in by the victim's own biological or nonbiological caregiver(s), who should be the defenders of these defenseless ones, it is, to me, diabolical.  I am as angry and enraged as everyone else over this and every case.  What a beautiful little child, who will never grow or be allowed to exercise her full potential. 

But there is more to the story than supply and demand.  There is financial desperation and a society gone berserk, a society whose moral center has been utterly lost.  These incidents are hardly isolated, as Ms. Kloer points out.  They are symptoms, and end results, of a society that has hit bottom.  We need to change the whole society, not just punish the desperate who cross the line.  Otherwise, there will never be enough prisons to hold them all.

I was sexually abused by my grandfather, so was my sister.. its the one thing in life I cant get over,... it happened at my grandparents house which my parents thought was a safe environment

I dont know how to stop it, but I think education is key... we need to teach children in school how to avoid predators, even roleplaying what to do if they are approached by a predator, and that its ok to tell a teacher or counselor, if they are in an abusive situation... most children are told not to tell and given some threat.. I was told by my grandfather that my father would kill him, if I told, and then my father would go to prison.. I wish someone had told me to ignore the threats and tell anyway..

but once a man has proved himself a pedophile, he should be locked away for life, because they dont change,...at least that way, we can protect some children from repeat offenders..

Its no wonder our culture is so sick when so many adults were abused as children

I don't know why an offense like sex trafficking is not punishable by death. Prison? If they're really that desperate and doing it for the money, then why wouldn't free room and board with meals provided be appeealing. It's not some gray area ... if it's proven as trafficking, intent was clear. The threat of death might make a dent.

It is so very difficult to comment on this subject as we all should find it atrocious. Sex and children do not mix and subjecting a 5 year old child to prostitution is beyond my comprehension.

There is a way to identify pedophiles and other sex offenders. It is called Phallometry. 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penile_plethysmograph

"Phallometry is widely considered appropriate for treatment and supervision of convicted sex offenders: "Courts have permitted plethysmographic testing for monitoring compliance by convicted sex offenders with the conditions of their community placement as part of crime-related treatment for sexual deviancy."[37] Its use for the treatment and management of sexual offenders is recommended by the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers.[38] Becker notes it "should never be used exclusively in forensic decision making."[39] The sexual assault trial of basketball player Kobe Bryant in Colorado brought this device and its use to public attention before the case was dropped in 2004, because Colorado law would have required evaluation with this device following conviction.[40] The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit recently addressed the procedures required before a supervised release program could include penile plethysmograph testing. [41] The device is routinely used at civil commitment facilities, but "some clinicians and offenders say it is easy, particularly in a laboratory, to stifle arousal and thus cheat on a plethysmograph test." [42] This has been reported to occur in 16% of cases.[43]

During the Catholic sex abuse cases, the reliability of the test was questioned by some officials in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia. Later, these officials chose to seek therapy at an institution where the plethysmograph was not used.[44]"

Forget testing.. Pedophiles should go to prison for life, not as punishment, but to protect society.. let them have a comfortable life & bugger each other if they want... as long as they are locked up

I dont believe in the death penalty, because if murder is a crime, and we murder a convict, then we are guilty of the same crime we consider punishable by death .. to me, its circular thinking

I was on another thread, where I suggested legalizing prostitution and drugs, but only in one small very controlled area, of maybe every 2 adjoining states.. with mandatory health & safety checks... like Las Vegas, but if you engage in prostitution outside that area, you go to prison for life.. Period..

So you would have an advantage, and a deterrant

Women will always want to make money by prostituting themselves, and men would have a safe & legal place to pay for sex... the tax revenue generated could be used to protect children from predators and other abuse

That poor little girl.  She visits her mom and gets sold into prostitution at age 5.  That's disgusting!  She most likely had no idea what sex even was.  Child trafficking is disgusting!  Sex trafficking is horrible!  This should never happen to any girl no matter who they are.

It shouldn't happen, but it does right here in USA. The worst part about it the media really doesn't care and many of the children who are missing in USA are either sold as sex slaves in USA or shipped to others countries. This is why many of the missing children report cases goes unsolved.

This little girl is one of the many cases.