Two Orange County, California, adults were recently arrested for allegedly trafficking a 14-year-old girl. According to The Los Angeles Times, 33-year-old Chuncey Garcia and 27-year-old Cierra Robinson were recently charged with felony counts of human trafficking of a minor, pandering a minor under the age of 16 as well as several other charges. The duo took the girl, a runaway who had been reported missing by her family, and allegedly forced her to walk known streets as a prostitute. Garcia is also suspected of posting photographs of the young girl online and setting daily quotas for her to meet. If she didn't reach a daily quota, Garcia allegedly threatened the girl with violence.

The two suspects were pulled over with another individual on March 1 for driving a car with a burned out headlight. When the officers looked inside the car, they questioned the three adults because the girl looked so young. Following an investigation, authorities were able to determine the girl was a missing person and took her into protective custody. If Garcia is convicted, he faces 28 years to life in prison. If Robinson is found guilty of the charges, she will face a maximum sentence of 12 years in prison. Each of them are currently being held on a $1 million Orange County bail bond.

Californians Against Sexual Exploitation Act
Robinson and Garcia's charges will carry such a long prison sentence each due to the fact that California voters passed Proposition 35 last November. According to The Associated Press, the bill, also known as the Californians Against Sexual Exploitation Act, results in stronger criminal fines and prison sentences for individuals who are suspected of being involved in human trafficking. The bill makes trafficking of a minor with force or fraud to be punishable of up to life in prison. In addition, individuals who conceptualized the bill wanted to increase the fines to as high as $1.5 million from the former maximum of $100,000 as well as expand the definition of human trafficking to the "creation and distribution of child pornography," the AP reported.

Some people who were against the bill thought that it wasn't well thought out and that some of its rules could end up harming victims in the long run.