Courtney Anderson, Justice Restoration Center
Lorrie Blackmer Jansky, Justice Restoration Center


This is a presentation featuring Lorrie Blackmer (the mom) and Courtney Anderson (her daughter) (facilitated by attorney Brent Woody) sharing their journey of Lorrie's criminalization in a Florida-based federal human trafficking case for trafficking Courtney while at the same time, Lorrie's subjection to trafficking - all under the coercion of the principal trafficker. The content is still being developed under Lorrie's and Courtney's leadership but should include, at minimum, the case/trafficking story, the federal criminal proceedings, the familial dynamics before and after trafficking and after prosecution, Lorrie's sex offender registration nightmare, hope, and the TSRA. Themes will include unjust prosecution and harm of victims, downstream harms of unjust prosecution, systemic failures that lead to unjust victim criminalization, solutions, harm mitigation, and the strength and resilience of family.