Source Documents
The documentary record.
Primary legal sources, policy documents, international religious-freedom reports, case documents, and project research. Items without download links are forthcoming.
Primary Legal Sources
U.S. v. Kozminski
487 U.S. 931 (1988)
TVPA (2000) — House Report
H.R. Rep. No. 106-939
18 U.S.C. § 1589 (Forced Labor)
VAWA / TVPA Reauthorization
Pub. L. 113-4 (2013)
Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2017, Title I: the Frederick Douglass Trafficking Prevention Act of 2017
Pub. L. 115-393 (enacted 2018)
DOJ Civil Rights Division Amicus, Sherman v. Trinity Teen Solutions
No. 22-8080 (10th Cir., Mar. 7, 2023)
Policy Documents
Federal Strategic Action Plan on Services for Victims of Human Trafficking, 2013–2017
DOJ OVC, January 2014
Biden National Action Plan to Combat Human Trafficking
December 2021
FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin — A Victim-Centered Approach to Sex Trafficking Cases
November 2015
Boyle-Laisure — Undoing Undue Influence
47 Am. J. Trial Advoc. 23 (2023)
PIPATL Past Meetings Archive
International / Religious-Freedom Sources
USCIRF — 'Anti-Cult Update: Religious Regulation in Russia' (Issue Update, July 2020) — Commissioners Abraham Cooper & Mohamed Magid
USCIRF 2023 Annual Report — Status of FoRB Issue Update (About-Picard law)
USCIRF Annual Reports — 'Weaponization of Legal Frameworks'
CAP-LC Written Statement to UN Human Rights Council
A/HRC/62/NGO/102 (May 2026)
Case Documents — USA v. Cherwitz & Daedone
Case Docket — U.S. v. Cherwitz & Daedone
1:23-cr-00146 (DG) (E.D.N.Y.)
PACER Monitor — USA v. Cherwitz et al.
Case overview & filings
Research and Analysis (from this project)
The Victim-Centered Approach: DEI as Criminal Law (policy brief)
Victim-Centered Approach — Policy Memorandum (full)
Federal Victim-Centered Approach Financial Analysis
Judicial Training VCA Memo
Judicial Training Doctrine vs. Trial Record — USA v. Cherwitz & Daedone
Pre-Trial Doctrine Mapping — Filtered Analysis
Steven Hassan — The Cult of Trump (Free Press, 2019)