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Award Recipient. Other Information. Criminal Defense Articles. Pimping and pandering are often used interchangeably, even by prosecutors and judges.
However, the two terms constitute distinguishable offenses. Pimping is more associated with receiving money, whereas pandering is more associated with convincing someone, persuading someone or directing someone to become or continue to be a prostitute. Receipt of money is not an element of pandering. Both are felonies with heavy punishment, although formal probation may be available, especially in a first-time case.
To be found guilty of felony pimping, a jury must find beyond a reasonable doubt that that you received financial support from someone you understood was engaged in prostitution, or you received or tried to receive compensation for finding customers, like a middleman or agent, for a prostitute.
The statutory punishment for felony pimping is three years minimum in state prison, four years mid-term and six years maximum as long as the prostitute at issue is sixteen years old or older. If the prostitute is under sixteen years old, the minimum punishment is three years, the mid-term punishment is six years and the maximum is eight years. Sentencing enhancements can apply to make the sentence even longer, i.
