DOJ Sues Tennessee Over Aggravated Prostitution Law - Articles

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Posted by: Paul Burch on Feb 15, 2024

The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit over Tennessee’s aggravated prostitution statute, which it argues violates the Americans with Disabilities Act. The Daily Memphian reports that the suit, which also lists the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation as a defendant, was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee. “The enforcement of state criminal laws that treat people differently based on HIV status alone and that are not based on actual risks of harm, discriminate against people living with HIV,” Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division said in a news release. The state’s aggravated prostitution statute was enacted in 1991. Read previous coverage of the statue from TBA Today.