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15-1-2
Section 15-1-2 Limits on interviews of victims of sexual abuse or exploitation under 12 years
of age; confidentiality of court records of victims under 18 years of age. (a) The presiding
judge of a judicial circuit, after consultation with the district attorney for the judicial
circuit may provide for reasonable limits on the number of interviews a victim of sexual abuse
or exploitation, who is under 12 years of age, must submit to for law enforcement or other
purposes. The judge shall, to the extent possible, protect the victim from the psychological
damage of repeated interrogation while preserving the rights of the public, the victim, and
the person charged with the violation. (b) The court records of a child under the age of 18
years who is a victim of sexual abuse or exploitation shall not be open to the public, but
shall be kept in the same manner as juvenile offender records are kept. (Acts 1985, No. 85-742,
p. 1192.)...
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15-25-3
Section 15-25-3 Prosecution for physical or sexual offense or exploitation involving child
under age 16 - Use of closed circuit equipment; competence of victim as witness. (a) In those
criminal prosecutions set out in Section 15-25-1, the court, on motion of the state or the
defendant prior to the trial of the case, may order that the testimony of any alleged victim
of the crime or witness thereto who is under the age of 16 at the time of the order shall
be viewed and heard at trial by the court and the finder of fact by closed circuit equipment.
In ruling on the motion the court shall take into consideration those matters set out in Section
15-25-2. (b) If the court orders that the victim's or witness's testimony in court shall be
by closed circuit equipment, the testimony shall be taken outside the courtroom in the judge's
chambers or in another suitable location designated by the judge. (c) Examination and cross-examination
of the alleged child victim or witness shall proceed as...
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15-25-2
Section 15-25-2 Prosecution for physical or sexual offense or exploitation involving child
under age 16 - Videotaped deposition; who may be present; procedure; protective order. (a)
In any criminal prosecution referred to in Section 15-25-1, the court, upon motion of the
district attorney or Attorney General, for good cause shown and after notice to the defendant,
may order the taking of a videotaped deposition of an alleged victim of or witness to the
crime who is under the age of 16 at the time of the order. (b) On any motion for a videotaped
deposition of the victim or a witness, the court shall consider the age and maturity of the
child, the nature of the offense, the nature of testimony that may be expected, and the possible
effect that the testimony in person at trial may have on the victim or witness, along with
any other relevant matters that may be required by Supreme Court rule. (c) During the taping
of a videotaped deposition authorized pursuant to this section, the...
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12-15-701
Section 12-15-701 Definitions; applicability of prostitution statutes; procedures. (a) For
the purposes of this section, sexually exploited child shall mean an individual under the
age of 18 years who is under the jurisdiction of the juvenile court and who has been subjected
to sexual exploitation because he or she is any of the following: (1) A victim of the crime
of human trafficking sexual servitude as provided in Section 13A-6-150, et seq. (2) Engaged
in prostitution as provided in Section 13A-12-120 or 13A-12-121. (3) A victim of the crime
of promoting prostitution as provided in Section 13A-12-111, 13A-12-112, or 13A-12-113. (b)
A sexually exploited child may not be adjudicated delinquent or convicted of a crime of prostitution
as provided in Section 13A-12-120 or 13A-12-121, or any municipal ordinance prohibiting such
acts. (c) In any proceeding based upon a child's arrest for an act of prostitution, there
is a presumption that the child satisfies the definition of a sexually...
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12-15-301
Section 12-15-301 Definitions. For purposes of this article, the following words and phrases
shall have the following meanings: (1) ABANDONMENT. A voluntary and intentional relinquishment
of the custody of a child by a parent, or a withholding from the child, without good cause
or excuse, by the parent, of his or her presence, care, love, protection, maintenance, or
the opportunity for the display of filial affection, or the failure to claim the rights of
a parent, or failure to perform the duties of a parent. (2) AGE APPROPRIATE or DEVELOPMENTALLY
APPROPRIATE. Activities or items that are generally accepted as suitable for children of the
same chronological age or level of maturity or that are determined to be developmentally appropriate
for a child based on the development of cognitive, emotional, physical, and behavioral capacities
that are typical for an age or age group and, in the case of a specific child, activities
or items that are suitable for the child based on the...
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13A-13-8
Section 13A-13-8 Failure to report missing child. (a) This section shall be known and may be
cited as Caylee's Law. (b) For purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the
meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section: (1) ABDUCTION. The removal or retention
of a child without the consent of the child's custodian. (2) CHILD. A person who is less than
18 years of age. (3) CUSTODIAN. A child's father or mother, whether biological or adoptive,
a child's legally appointed guardian, or the spouse of a child's father, mother, or legally
appointed guardian. In the case where only one parent has legal custody, the term means the
parent with legal custody or his or her spouse. (4) GUARDIAN. A guardian as defined in Section
26-2A-20. (5) LOST CHILD. A child who is unable to find his or her way back to his or her
custodian. (6) RUNAWAY CHILD. A child who voluntarily absents himself or herself from the
control of his or her custodian with intent to remain away indefinitely....
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16-22A-3
Section 16-22A-3 Definitions. When used in this chapter only, the following terms shall have
the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1)
APPLICANT. A certified or noncertified individual who submits an application for employment
to a local employing board or any nonpublic school, to act in any capacity in which the individual
will have unsupervised access to children in an educational environment. (2) APPLICANT FOR
CERTIFICATION. An individual who submits an application for certification issued by the State
Superintendent of Education. (3) AUTHORIZED EMPLOYER. Any educational entity authorized to
obtain criminal history background information, including the State Department of Education,
local employing boards, and nonpublic schools which are responsible for hiring employees or
contracting with private employers to provide personnel who have unsupervised access to children
in an educational setting. (4) CERTIFIED APPLICANT FOR EMPLOYMENT. A...
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15-25-1
Section 15-25-1 Prosecution for physical or sexual offense or exploitation involving child
under age 16 - Leading questions of victim or witness under age 10. In any criminal prosecution
for a physical offense or a sexual offense wherein the alleged victim is a child under the
age of 16 years and in any criminal prosecution involving the sexual exploitation of a child
under the age of 16, the court may allow leading questions at trial by the prosecution or
defense of any victim or witness in a case who is under the age of 10, if the court determines
that the allowance of leading questions will further the interests of justice. The court may
on motion of the prosecution or the defense, or on its own motion, limit the scope and extent
of any leading questions. (Acts 1985, No. 85-743, p. 1194, §1; Acts 1994, No. 94-704, p.
1359, §1.)...
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15-25-39
Section 15-25-39 "A child physical offense, sexual offense, and exploitation" defined.
For purposes of this article, "a child physical offense, sexual offense, and exploitation"
is defined to include the following crimes, when one or more of the victims is a child under
12 years of age: (1) Rape in any degree. (2) Sodomy in any degree. (3) Sexual abuse in any
degree. (4) Sexual misconduct. (5) Enticing a child to enter a vehicle, room, house, office,
or other place, for immoral purposes. (6) Any crime involving the production of child pornography.
(7) Torture and willful abuse of a child under 18 years of age by responsible person as defined
in Section 26-15-3. (8) Sexual torture as defined in Section 13A-6-65.1. (9) Attempted murder.
(10) Assault first degree. (11) Assault second degree. (12) Assault third degree. (13) Harassment.
(Acts 1989, No. 89-876, p. 1754, §9; Acts 1994, No. 94-704, p. 1359, §1.)...
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13A-12-197
Section 13A-12-197 Production of obscene matter containing visual depiction of person under
17 years of age involved in obscene acts. (a) Any person who knowingly films, prints, records,
photographs or otherwise produces any obscene matter that contains a visual depiction of a
person under the age of 17 years engaged in any act of sado-masochistic abuse, sexual intercourse,
sexual excitement, masturbation, breast nudity, genital nudity, or other sexual conduct shall
be guilty of a Class A felony. (b) For any person who violates this section, each depiction
of each individual less than 17 years of age constitutes a separate offense. (Acts 1978, No.
592, p. 705, §8; Code 1975, §13-7-237; Acts 1984, No. 84-285, p. 492, §8; Act 2006-112,
p. 166, §§1, 2.)...
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