State crime bill makes reporting crimes safer for sex workers

(Creative Commons photo by Andreas Levers)
Late last month a woman who had been brutally murdered was found in the vehicle of 34-year-old Benjamin Wilkins of Anchorage. The deceased, 30-year-old Jacqueline Goodwin was laid to rest beside her mother in Kotzebue. Police are still investigating the relationship between Wilkins and Goodwin, but court records show in the past she was charged with prostitution.
Under current law, if a sex worker witnesses or is the victim of a crime, the person cannot