Lawmakers Consider New Fine For Anyone Who Solicits Prostitutes

Lawmakers are working to make it more expensive for people who hire prostitutes.  Four Wisconsin state senators from both parties are circulating a bill increasing the penalty for such a conviction to five-thousand dollars.  An estimate from the Wisconsin Justice Department indicates the average of 300 convictions each year would generate about one-point-one-million dollars.  Those funds would pay for treatment and services for sex-trafficking victims and cover the cost of investigating internet crimes against children.