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Federal prosecutors are recommending a 20-year prison sentence for Backpage co-founder Michael Lacey, who was found guilty last fall of one count of international concealment of money laundering. It's an insane ask for someone whose only conviction is for one nonviolent crime, especially considering the circumstances of that conviction. Concealment?"The context for the international concealment money laundering conviction is critical," writes Lacey's lawyers in a motion seeking a less severe sentence. "This is not a case where the defendant went off on his own to hide an asset. Instead, in the...
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Age verification laws have been sweeping the country the year, as states push to require social media platforms and adult-oriented websites to card their users. Rather than check IDs, some major porn platforms have simply been pulling out of states where these laws are enacted. This "is entirely what we were after," said Republican operative Russell Vought in a hidden-camera video released last week. The video was recorded by reporters from the British nonprofit Centre for Climate Reporting. Posing as the relatives of a fictitious conservative donor, the reporters talked with Vought in a D.C. ...
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Since 2010, HIV-positive sex workers in Tennessee have been required to register for life on the state's sex offender registry. However, under a lawsuit settlement released last week, Tennessee officials have agreed to reverse course and begin notifying affected individuals that they can now be removed from the registry. In 1991, Tennessee passed an "aggravated prostitution" law, making it a felony to sell sex while being knowingly HIV-positive. In 1995, when the state introduced a sex offender registry, those convicted of aggravated prostitution were forced to register. However, things got wo...
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When I got back into sex work in New York City in 2015, I was told, "Never go to New Jersey, no matter how much money he offers you." Jose Torres, a 46-year-old known today as Joey the Player, had been luring young women with promises of a lot of money that he never paid. He would become aggressive, "often assaulting and raping" his victims, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey. He was convicted in October 2023, and just last month, he was sentenced to 30 years in prison. It's good news that Torres has finally been stopped—but law enforcement sure took their t...
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