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Judge acquits Backpage co-founder Michael Lacey on most counts

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Re: Judge acquits Backpage co-founder Michael Lacey on most counts

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Post by hi-v-rocknroll »

lupire wrote: post #40
huytersd wrote: post #22

Good. Prostitution should be legal and regulated to begin with. People are getting HIV at an alarming rate because the whole system is unregulated.

HIV turned out to be easier to treat than prevent.

Sort of. PrEP exists for high risk populations. For cures: Currently, it is if you're able and willing to wipe out your own bone marrow and able to find a compatible donor who's immune. 2 giant expensive and risky IF's. CRISPR personalized medicine may also work: https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/10/25/1082306/gene-edi...

Re: Judge acquits Backpage co-founder Michael Lacey on most counts

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Post by beaeglebeachh »

busterarm wrote: post #52
azinman2 wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How do you know that?

Because we know that trying to destroy Backpage was the personal crusade of Cindy McCain and it became very personal. This has long been written about.

Any links? John bang a Backpage ho, or why the hate?

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Post by nullc »

azinman2 wrote: post #34
underseacables wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Overzealous prosecution.

How do you know that?

Among other reasons, because the DOJ accidentally leaked their internal communication about the case to the defense which turned out to be fairly exculpatory: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6345276-Backpage-DOJ... https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6345275-Backpage-DOJ...

The defendants are precluded from using or mentioning any of this information even though it shows that the case is being wrongfully prosecuted because it is the state's attorney client privileged material which was released by mistake.

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Post by huytersd »

lupire wrote: post #40
huytersd wrote: post #22

Good. Prostitution should be legal and regulated to begin with. People are getting HIV at an alarming rate because the whole system is unregulated.

HIV turned out to be easier to treat than prevent.

If treat means a lifetime of a much higher OI risk and a 2000% higher risk of cancer.

Re: Judge acquits Backpage co-founder Michael Lacey on most counts

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Post by _DeadFred_ »

lupire wrote: post #38
yieldcrv wrote: post #17

> The first [trial], in 2021, was declared a mistrial after prosecutors and their witnesses couldn't stop talking about sex trafficking despite none of the defendants facing sex trafficking charges Thats always been my take on the backpage case, but I didnt feel comfortable talking about it because people are too emotionally invested in curbing sex trafficking We’d be better off just treating it as labor trafficking,…

Estimated no one cares about labor trafficking. They care about other people having sex.

They care about people being forced to engage in sex. Many people are trafficked into doing something they do not want to do by a partner or someone they think cares about them (look at the Andrew Tate situation).

Re: Judge acquits Backpage co-founder Michael Lacey on most counts

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Post by webspinner »

nadermx wrote: post #3

"And on June 17, Lacey is scheduled to be sentenced on the one count—international concealment of money laundering—on which the jury found him guilty. It comes with a possible sentence of up to 20 years in federal prison. Lacey plans to appeal his conviction on this count, and there seems like a good chance it will be successful, since the money he allegedly "concealed" was reported to the federal government with all…

That's a question and a half. Since he reported it, it isn't hidden.
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