Prosecution for Prostitution Is Rare: Justice Department Forced to Defend Itself in Spitzer's Case
The Justice Department has seldom prosecuted or even identified clients of prostitution for a number of years, in an unusual admission to a New York Times' reporter. Read the original article: U.S. Defends Tough Tactics on Spitzer
Today's Times front page carries a story that includes interviews with Justice Department officials who are having a hard time denying that Spitzer has been treated differently than almost any other prostitution defendant in decades.
In defending its position, the Department stated that the F.B.I. now has roughly 450 ongoing prostitution investigations, but could not deny that they all involve large enterprises and circumstances different than in Spitzer's case.
The Times' story also revealed that the federal agency charged with monitoring statistics for federal prosecution does not bother to keep statistics because "it's really not a crime we prosecute," a Justice department said.
According to an affidavit signed by the F.B.I., Spitzer proved to be "easy prey."
Speaking of our government and sex, the same Times front page carries a story involving the frequency of U.S. Customs agents using "green card threats" to obtain sex from vulnerable immigrants.
It will be interesting to see how those agents who have been caught get charged and sentenced; I will keep you posted.
Gibson choked back tears and apologized to the court, after the judge said to him, “ . . . there are real children significantly impacted by this.” Gibson’s lawyer, Robert Beles, said, “You’ve basically got a good man who went into a fantasy world. Other than that, he’s never done anything wrong in his life. There is no indication his is a pedophile. [italics mine].”
