All jokes aside, this is a good move. The rationale behind prosecuting “johns” is that their actions feed sex trafficking, which obviously includes a shit ton of abusive acts and practices. The prostitutes themselves, are generally the victims of sex trafficking/being pimped/etc. Fact: In my county I have come across cases where a customer and pro are busted in a park or whatever, where they arrest the pro and not the “patron”. I summarily dismiss those when they come across my desk. Also, many counties have a setup where the johns can complete a “Stop Demand” class and get their charge reduced to a Class C ticket. The focus of that class is to get them to understand that most often, the workers are victims of all kinds of terrible shit. Decent idea, IMO. What is totally bullshit is that there is no parallel type of special deal for the actual prostitutes (victims from the above class mentioned) who are just stuck with the full measure of their charges. It’s just contradictory AF. * I ALWAYS reduce the charges for the workers in cases assigned to me, because my office gives us a great deal of discretion, but that’s more the exception than the rule.