Letter: Stop slavery, support Hawaii’s bill to prevent human trafficking
Feb 09, 2010 - 06:03 PM | by Letter to the Editor | Main Columns Page
On February 8, at the first hearing of Hawaii’s Human Trafficking Bill, SB 2045, many Pacific Alliance to Stop Slavery (P.A.S.S.) members and supporters eloquently testified for the need for a human trafficking state law. We clearly outnumbered the opposition. However, our opposition -- the Attorney General Mark Bennett, the City Prosecutor Peter Carlisle, and the Public Defenders office -- submitted suggestions to completely alter or to gut the bill.
