Title XXXVIII CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS
< > Effective - 28 Aug 2018, 4 histories, see footnote (history)567.050. Promoting prostitution in the first degree — penalty. — 1. A person commits the offense of promoting prostitution in the first degree if he or she knowingly:
(1) Promotes prostitution by compelling a person to enter into, engage in, or remain in prostitution; or
(2) Promotes prostitution of a person less than sixteen years of age.
2. The term "compelling" includes:
(1) The use of forcible compulsion;
(2) The use of a drug or intoxicating substance to render a person incapable of controlling his conduct or appreciating its nature;
(3) Withholding or threatening to withhold dangerous drugs or a narcotic from a drug dependent person.
3. The offense of promoting prostitution in the first degree under subdivision (1) of subsection 1 of this section is a class B felony. The offense of promoting prostitution in the first degree under subdivision (2) of subsection 1 of this section is a felony punishable by a term of imprisonment not less than ten years and not to exceed fifteen years.
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(L. 1977 S.B. 60, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491, A.L. 2018 S.B. 793)
(1981) A prostitute, if warranted by the particular facts and circumstances, can also be charged for the promotion of prostitution. State v. Linder (A.), 613 S.W.2d 918.
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