Mississippi Man Gets 20 Years In Jefferson Parish Human-Trafficking Case

A 28-year-old Mississippi man ended his trial by jury Wednesday (March 8) by deciding to plead guilty for his role in a human-trafficking case in which a 25-year-old woman was severely beaten and forced into prostitution in Jefferson Parish, according to the Jefferson Parish DA's office.

Pierre Braddy, of Jackson, Miss., was sentenced to 20 years after pleading guilty to forcible rape, human trafficking and obstruction of justice in connection with the April 2015 crimes.

Braddy entered his guilty pleas Tuesday afternoon, following the first day of testimony in his trial, which began Monday with the seating of the jury.

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