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Prostitution laws not irrational, lawyer argues
Tracey Tyler writes for the Toronto Star:
Just because prostitution is illegal in public and commercial venues in Canada but not in hotel rooms and homes doesn’t mean the law is “irrational,” a lawyer for the Ontario government argued today.
Prostitution laws challenged in court
Sex workers set to launch landmark challenge
Tracey Tyler writes for the Toronto Star:
“The one thing I can tell you from looking at this, both as an academic and as a person constructing a case, is that we have not had a really rational discourse on this topic because political ideology, emotional reactions and stereotypical thinking have dominated,” said Alan Young, an Osgoode Hall Law School professor who is Bedford’s lawyer.
Potential Career Alternative
At this time of year, as the legal community battens down the hatches against recession, and law students gaze over the desolate, frigid waste of their summer employment prospects, some might be tempted to give in to despair and seek alternative employment. Such people would be well advised to avoid any job containing the words “escort”, “Craigslist”, or “Airport Motor Inn room 232″.
On January 1st, a 22-year-old law student at the University of Michigan and a 44-year-old U-M professor pleaded no contest to charges of using a computer to commit a crime, reduced from charges of solicitation and prostitution. They received deferred sentences, conditional upon each seeking counseling and paying $1280 in fines and costs. The charges stemmed from the student’s report that the professor had assaulted her during a sexual encounter. Police indicated that the student had advertised sex acts on Craigslist, AdultFriendFinder and Eros, a “high class escort” site. She participated in as many as nine liaisons in a two-month period, at $250 apiece.
Last week a second University of Michigan student was charged with soliciting prostitution online, after she arranged to meet an undercover agent at an Ann Arbour Motel. She claimed that she advertised sex acts online “to help cover tuition costs”.
Police confirm that prostitutes are increasingly using the internet to ply their wares. Craigslist is doing its part to combat this burgeoning industry: the online giant forbids posting ads that promote prostitution, human trafficking, child exploitation and other illegal activities. Craigslist has filed 14 lawsuits against parties who violated their terms of service.
Pimp Claims Massage Parlour is a Church
A Tucson, Arizona pimp has been ordered to repay about $2 million as the proceeds of crime.
The pimp, John A. LaVoie, 52, was found guilty of 22 counts of racketeering.
LaVoie claimed he was a minister of the Church of Liberty, a church he founded. He ran a massage and prostitution business in his Tucson building called Angel’s Heaven.
LaVoie claimed Angel’s Heaven was part of his church, and clients only gave donations.
LaVoie has been ordered to fofeit a $1 million office building, plus $850,000 that he reportedly earned from his prostitution business.
The website for the Massage Parlour/Church is still up. It features pictures and bios of the “angels,” who have names like “Honey Angel” and “Oriental Angel.”
Another page provides descriptions of the spa services, including pricing information: “$59.95 Donation for a half hour of bliss.”
The church’s tag line: “Angel’s Heaven: some say it’s a religious experience!”
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