An Overview of Human Trafficking for Judges

27/08/2025 51 min Temporada 1 Episodio 5
An Overview of Human Trafficking for Judges

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This episode is the first in a four-part series on human trafficking and what judges need to know to address this issue in their courts and communities. All episodes in the series were recorded during a judicial human trafficking leadership workshop held at The National Judicial College. This first episode focuses on the definition of human trafficking and when and where judges are likely to encounter victims and others. Guests include Judge Gayle Williams-Byers,  a judicial fellow  at the NJC and a retired judge from Ohio. Aaron Ann Cole of Funfsinn of Hicks & Funfsinn in Lexington, Kentucky. Previously, she worked as a prosecutor in Cook County, Illinois, in the special prosecution unit in the Kentucky Attorney General’s Office, and in the special prosecution unit of the Fayette County Commonwealth Attorney’s Office. She is on the faculty at the National Judicial College.Judge Chris Turner,  a Magistrate Judge in the Third Judicial District in Shawnee County Kansas.