NEV. REV. STAT. § 201.353(4) (2022).
- Nevada law states that “if, at any time before the trial of a person charged with a violation of subsection 1 [the prostitution provision], the prosecuting attorney has reason to believe that the person is a victim of sex trafficking, the prosecuting attorney shall dismiss the charge. As used in this subsection, “sex trafficking” means a violation of subsection 2 of NEV. REV. STAT. § 201.300.
NEV. REV. STAT. § 62C.015(3) (2023).
- “If a court finds that a child violated a county or municipal ordinance imposing a curfew on a child or prohibiting jaywalking or loitering for the purpose of solicitation for prostitution and that clear and convincing evidence exists that the child committed the act in connection with commercial sexual exploitation, the court shall not adjudicate the child as a delinquent child or a child in need of supervision based on that act. Upon such a finding, the court shall report the commercial sexual exploitation of the child to an agency which provides child welfare services”.
NEV. REV. STAT. § 201.303(1)-(3) (2017).
- Rebuttable presumption that pandering, sex trafficking or facilitating sex trafficking committed under duress. If a violation of NRS 201.300 (Pandering and Sex Trafficking) or 201.301 (Facilitating Sex Trafficking) is committed by a person who is:
- Less than 18 years of age at the time of the commission of the violation;
- Prosecuted in a criminal proceeding as an adult; and
- A victim of sex trafficking or facilitating sex trafficking.
NEV. REV. STAT. § 48.061 (2015).
- Nevada law provides that evidence of domestic violence and its effect on the victim is admissible in a criminal case for any relevant purpose, which includes whether the victim is not liable because:
- They had reasonable cause to believe, and did believe, that their charged act was needed to avoid great bodily harm; and
- They killed another in self-defense
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NEV. REV. STAT. § 179.247(2)(a)-(c) (2019).
- A person may file a petition to vacate a judgment if they were convicted for prostitution (see NEV. REV. STAT. § 179.247(2)), and the court may grant the petition if the offense was the result of the petitioner having been a trafficking victim (see NEV. REV. STAT. § 179.247(4)(b)); note that convictions for “crimes of violence” cannot be vacated (see NEV. REV. STAT. § 179.247(2)(b)).
Additional Resources
State of Nevada Domestic Violence Prosecution Best Guidelines.
- Nevada’s domestic violence prosecution guidelines caution prosecutors to “be extremely careful in assessing assaults on men by their female partners to determine if the woman was acting in self-defense based on the circumstances surrounding the incident and any past history of violence against her.”
- The guidelines also state that claims of self-defense and the presence of defensive wounds should be considered to assess who was the primary aggressor, even if first to use force or violence.
