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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWTF, TEXAS: 17-Year-Old Sex-Trafficking Victim To Be Tried As Adult for Murder
https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2021/02/12/2175178/0/en/17-Year-Old-Zephi-Trevino-To-Be-Tried-As-Adult-for-Capital-Murder.htmlDALLAS, Feb. 12, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Press House announces that Zephaniah Trevino, known as Zephi to her friends and family, was just 16 years old when her sex trafficker shot a man with whom she was being forced to perform sex acts. In a stunning hearing today, a judge ruled that the teen will be tried as an adult for a murder she didnt commit.
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In December, Dallas County District Attorney John Creuzot faced calls for his recusal from the case after he shared a social media post from David Finn, the attorney of the man who is accused of abusing Zephi and who has admitted to pulling the trigger the night of the murder. The post outlined details of the case details that Zephis attorneys, Justin Moore and Ashkan Mehryari, are prohibited from discussing due to juvenile confidentiality laws in Texas. In addition, Finn has gone on record about the great friendship he enjoys with Creuzot. This obvious bias against the young woman has heightened pressure for Creuzot to remove himself from Zephis case.
The system in Dallas County is set up to destroy the lives of child sex trafficking victims, said Moore. It seeks to force victims into submission and corner them into taking responsibility for the crimes of their abusers. Fighting against such a system takes an incredible amount of courage and grit. Its unfortunate that a young girl is being asked to display this.
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What in the actual hell, Texans. Fortunately, Zephi's case has attracted the attention of activists and advocates, including celebrities like Jamie Lee Curtis and...Kim Kardashian? Okay, every voice counts, I guess...but one can only imagine what it's like for the victims who can't get that sort of help.
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WTF, TEXAS: 17-Year-Old Sex-Trafficking Victim To Be Tried As Adult for Murder (Original Post)
Grokenstein
Feb 2021
OP
WTF indeed! I can't begin to understand the mindset that leads to this sort of
LymphocyteLover
Feb 2021
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Demovictory9
(32,445 posts)1. kick
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)2. WTF?
This is insanity! The poor girl has been through quite enough. What are they trying to do to her?
Duppers
(28,117 posts)5. 2nd this ⬆⬆⬆
And add another
oasis
(49,374 posts)3. K and R
DFW
(54,338 posts)4. With our pond scum state AG
This kind of thing doesnt surprise me.
It is still one more black spot of shame on the state of justice in Texas.
LymphocyteLover
(5,641 posts)6. WTF indeed! I can't begin to understand the mindset that leads to this sort of
persecution. Just sick, psychopathy at work.
niyad
(113,248 posts)7. I know what SHOULD happen to these f'ers. Alas, they will continue their predator-enabling
ways.
Thank Goddess this case is drawing attention.