TIL that Mississippi did not make child-selling illegal until 2009, after a woman tried to sell her granddaughter for $2,000 and a car and it was discovered that there was no law to punish her under.

tst123@lemmy.world · 11 months ago

TIL that Mississippi did not make child-selling illegal until 2009, after a woman tried to sell her granddaughter for $2,000 and a car and it was discovered that there was no law to punish her under.

RaivoKulli · 11 months ago

Or it just didn’t make the news

foksmash@lemm.ee · 11 months ago

That’s obviously the most logical reason. For decades, no, centuries there have been legions of parents selling their children in the hotspot of Mississippi. These outlaws found the loophole and it was only stopped because of a 2009 law! Fucking braindead.

RaivoKulli · 11 months ago

Or it happened but not to that degree. It doesn’t have either or lmao