Clinton Advisers Skipping Obama Speech... Aug 26, 2008
Ever hear of the Mann Act. Little Irish (and other) girls were taken into white slavery and prostitution so people could make a buck. (The Drudge Report)
Last figure charged in Spitzer scandal pleads guilty Aug 26, 2008
Spitzer could potentially face charges under the federal Mann Act, which prohibits interstate transportation for prostitution ... "It is never the practice of federal prosecutors to charge customers with Mann Act violations; typically the embarrassment of being involved is sufficient punishment," said Manhattan defense attorney Paul Shechtman. (Newsday)
A closer look at the John Edwards/Rielle Hunter webisodes Aug 12, 2008
Or, just a violation of the Mann Act. Posted by: Armyvet. (Los Angeles Times)
Lawyer: Lexington teacher to plead guilty Jul 2, 2008
The law was originally called the White Slave Traffic Act and is now called the Mann Act, named after its author, Rep. James R. Mann (R-IL). (Sioux City Journal, IO)
The day Johnson ko'd white supremacy May 25, 2008
He was forced to leave America in 1912 after he was prosecuted under the Mann Act, which prohibited the transportation of women across state lines for immoral purposes. Johnson had been travelling with Lucille Cameron, a white woman later to become his wife. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
California Congresswoman walked away from $578K mortgage... May 22, 2008
L.A. Land : Los Angeles Times : Update: Congresswoman denies foreclosure report. Update: California Rep. (The Drudge Report)
Eliot Spitzer May 6, 2008
Two criminal defense lawyers said Monday that if reports of a sworn statement filed by an FBI agent were correct, Spitzer could face charges that he violated the federal Mann Act, which makes it a crime to transport someone across interstate lines for prostitution ... If that account is true, Harold Price Fahringer, who has a niche practice defending purveyors of erotic materials and activities against both civil and criminal charges, said Spitzer could face charges under the Mann Act, 18 U.S.C.... (Law.com Newswire)
Hey, Democrats, It's Time To Start Sucking Up to Pirates Fans Mar 29, 2008
"Moreover, for all the , the circumstances of Spitzer's fall from grace ensure that tales of his hypocrisy will reverberate louder and longer than Craig's. Already in the media capital of the world, he managed to destroy his career with a flair even a tabloid editor couldn't have imagined. Every detail of his case is more titillating than Craig'scall girls with MySpace pages and stories to tell, not a lone cop who won't talk to the press; hotel suites instead of bathroom stalls; bank rolls... (Slate)
Upstate/Downstate: The gov Mar 22, 2008
I also learned about the federal law referred to as the Mann Act, after James Robert Mann, a longtime Congressman from Illinois. It was passed in 1910, and its official name is the United States White-Slave Traffic Act. (Hillsdale Independent, NY)
N.Y. governor linked to prostitution ring Mar 20, 2008
The four people arrested were charged with violating the Mann Act, a 1910 federal law against crossing state lines for purposes of prostitution. Carl Tobias, a law professor at the University of Richmond, noted that prostitution customers are often not charged, and said charges against Spitzer might be unlikely. (Helena Independent Record, MT)
Op-Ed / Richard Mays: Hillary and Wiley E. Coyote Mar 20, 2008
It is alleged that Spitzer a former New York State Attorney General who crusaded against prostitution paid an Emperor s Club woman named Kristen some 5,500 per hour to travel from New York to liaison with him at an exclusive hotel in Washington, D.C. Not only may this be a violation of a federal law called the Mann Act, but the price charged by the woman caused Harold Meyerson, an economic writer for the Washington Post, to observe that I m not sure that I ve even had a sexual fantasy that, if... (Heber Springs Sun-Times, AR)
LI Reps React To Spitzer Scandal Mar 20, 2008
But Garcia, in a released statement, said, "There is no agreement between this office and Governor Eliot Spitzer, relating to his resignation or any other matter." If Spitzer is prosecuted, he could face both state and federal charges, including repercussions from the Mann Act, which deems interstate prostitution a federal offense. In his first public statement last Thursday, Paterson said he looked forward to his new post as the state's chief executive with a mix of resolve and reluctance. (Suffolk Life Newspapers, NY)
Spitzer sex scandal inspires an intriguing history lesson Mar 19, 2008
Hard to believe, but I have seen stories suggesting Eliot Spitzer will be prosecuted for "white slavery" -- violating the Mann Act. Does any Alaskan younger than Ted Stevens, who prosecuted violators of the Mann Act in Fairbanks in the '50s, know the history of this country's white slavery law ... As a matter of law, the statute that prohibited white slavery was the White Slavery Act of 1910 or Mann Act, named for U.S. Rep. (Anchorage Daily News)
Paterson Sworn In as N.Y. Gov., Spitzer Resignation... Mar 18, 2008
The Democrat is not charged with a crime, but four people accused of running the prostitution operation have been charged with violating the Mann Act. The federal law bans carrying women or girls across state lines for prostitution or any immoral purpose. (Fox News)
Spitzer Could Face Mann Act Charge Mar 17, 2008
Spitzer has not been charged with a crime, but four people accused of running the Emperors Club VIP prostitution ring have been charged with violating the Mann Act. The federal law, passed in 1910, bans carrying women or girls across state lines for "prostitution or debauchery, or for any other immoral purpose.". (KSBW 8, CA)
Its time to end blue laws Mar 17, 2008
While Dershowitz s advice to Spitzer was bad, he did make a good point: The Mann Act needs to die along with all laws outlawing prostitution, which is, essentially, a victimless crime. The Mann Act is a law against transporting someone across state lines to engage in immoral acts ... Unless other crimes were committed, the government should refuse to pursue charges under the outdated and rarely used Mann Act. (Lima News, OH)
Spitzer Case Revives Law From 1910 Mar 17, 2008
Spitzer has not been charged with a crime, but four people accused of running the prostitution operation that authorities say he used have been charged with violating the Mann Act, a federal law that bans carrying women or girls across state lines for "prostitution or debauchery, or for any other immoral purpose.". The 1910 act has been amended and used for purposes ranging from the political to the racist, said David Langum, author of "Crossing Over the Line: Legislating Morality and the Mann... (Time.com)
Our View: Spitzer put the bully in 'bully pulpit' Mar 16, 2008
The 1910 Mann Act, which makes it a federal crime to transport people across state lines for prostitution or "immoral purposes," is an expansion of central government power for which no warrant can be found in the U.S. Constitution. However, we do not live in that saner and freer country; we live in a country with the laws that it has. (Appeal Democrat, CA)
UPDATE: NY governor Spitzer linked to high-end prostitution ring Mar 16, 2008
Four people -- all of them accused of operating the call-girl ring -- were charged last week with violating the Mann Act, a 1910 federal law against crossing state lines for purposes of prostitution. Federal authorities have brought charges against several prostitution rings over the past two decades, but have generally not prosecuted the customers. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
Spitzer's legal minefield Mar 15, 2008
Prosecutors may use the Mann Act, which makes it a felony to knowingly transport an individual in interstate commerce for "immoral purposes." Depending on precisely how he orchestrated his cash transfers for the requested services, Spitzer could be vulnerable under complex federal regulations that prohibit "structuring" cash transactions to evade a bank's legal obligation to report customers' cash activity totaling over $10,000. Other options include old standbys like the notoriously ill-defined... (Boston Globe)
Leader of New York-Connecticut Sex-Trafficking Ring Pleads Guilty Mar 15, 2008
A co-conspirator previously pleaded guilty to a related charge of conspiring to violate the Mann Act, which prohibits the interstate transport of individuals for prostitution. Davis is scheduled to be sentenced on June 2, 2008. (PR Newswire)
Susan Estrich: Spitzer Scandal Hurts Hillary Mar 15, 2008
I ve been using the aptly named Mann Act (the law that prohibits bringing women across state lines for sex) as a joke line in criminal law since I started teaching the class in Eliot s day. I can, and do, feel sympathy for a decent guy who will pay, for the rest of his life, for his foolishness, but I am amazed by the willful blindness that would allow him to behave this way and assume he wouldn t be caught. (Fox News)
How The Spitzer Drama Unfolded Mar 15, 2008
" He did not address the allegations in any detail in the less than three-minute statement, and left without taking questions. Among the possible charges that law enforcement authorities said could be brought against the former governor: soliciting and paying for sex; violating the Mann Act, the 1910 federal law that makes it a crime to take someone across state lines for immoral purposes; and illegally arranging cash transactions to conceal their purpose. Spitzer, a graduate of Princeton... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)
Legal Cloud Lingers Over Spitzer... Mar 15, 2008
Among the possible charges that could be brought against Spitzer: soliciting and paying for sex; violating the Mann Act, the 1910 federal law that makes it a crime to induce someone to cross state lines for immoral purposes; and illegally arranging cash transactions to conceal their purpose ... A Mann Act violation may be another stretch. (The Drudge Report)
'Private Failings': The Rise, and Sudden Fall, of Eliot Spitzer Mar 15, 2008
VOA News - 'Private Failings': The Rise, and Sudden Fall, of Eliot Spitzer. Learn American English and Much More. (Voice of America)
New Picture: Prostitution scandal drives New York's Gov. Eliot Spitzer from office Mar 15, 2008
The wiretaps were necessary as part of the investigation into whether Spitzer violated the Mann Act, which makes transportation of someone across a state line for prostitution a federal crime, the official said ... fatman2 wrote on Mar 13, 2008 8:32 AM:" To CupJoe, The sex isn't the crime. Spitzers crimes are: * Money laundering for trying to conceal the source and recipient of financial transactions. * Tax evasion, if he was a knowing party to an all-cash business that wasn't filing taxes. *... (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
Gov. Spitzer Prepares to Step Down Mar 15, 2008
Soliciting and paying for sex; violating the Mann Act, the 1910 federal law that makes it a crime to induce someone to cross state lines for immoral purposes; and illegally arranging cash transactions to conceal their purpose. Email Story. (FOX23 News, NY)
Possible criminal charges murky Mar 15, 2008
" Spitzer, a married father of three teenage girls, faces a much more dubious future after he was accused of spending tens of thousands of dollars on prostitutes - including a tryst with a 22-year-old call girl in Washington in February. Officials said Spitzer initially drew the attention of authorities with suspicious money transfers that will be a key part of any possible criminal case. Among the possible charges that could be brought against Spitzer: soliciting and paying for sex; violating... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Official: Cash payments to call-girl ring triggered Spitzer probe Mar 15, 2008
Charges could including anything from Mann act violations to banking violations to possibly wire fraud. Journal Inquirer 2008. (Journal Inquirer, CT)
How To Prosecute Eliot Spitzer Mar 15, 2008
If prosecutors do go after him, they're most likely to focus on the Mann Act (), federal structuring laws (), and federal money-laundering statutes () ... The Mann Act: This series of laws, passed in the early 1900s in response to proscribes the knowing persuasion, inducement, enticement, or coercion of "any individual to travel" from one state to another "to engage in prostitution, or in any sexual activity for which any person can be charged with a criminal offense." If, in fact, Spitzer... (Slate)
Eliot's Waste Land Mar 15, 2008
And if "Eliot Mess" is rung up on charges of violating the Mann Act, would that be anything like getting Al Capone on tax evasion ... Dan Slater at WSJ's Law Blog "whether federal prosecutors will go after him at all. If they do, what will they charge him with? One theoretical possibility, as we alluded to yesterday: a violation under The Mann Act, which, broadly speaking, deals with prostitution and trafficking. Commentators aren't so sure this is where the feds are headed." Jennifer Rubin at... (Slate)
The Perilous Future of Eliot Spitzer Mar 15, 2008
A lengthy affidavit reveals that he arranged for his consort to travel from New York to Washington for their $4,300 tryst a violation of the Mann Act, an archaic statute that, though rarely invoked, has Spitzer pinned because it forbids "transportation of a person across state lines for purposes of prostitution." "It's an undeniable Mann Act violation," says Judd Burstein, an attorney whose history with Spitzer dates back to their facing off on opposite sides of the 1992 Gambino "mob tax" case... (Time.com)
Prostitution and White Slave Films Jan 25, 2008
Then, Congress passed the Mann Act in 1910, which forbade men from taking women across state lines for immoral purposes. Unfortunately movie audiences imaginations were easily stoked by these racist laws. (Suite101.com)
Musings of Boxing Great Johnson a Memoir Nov 10, 2007
In 1913, he was convicted under the federal Mann Act of transporting a white woman across state lines for immoral purposes. That woman, Lucille Cameron, would later become his wife. (Newsmax)
How to End Sex Slavery Nov 2, 2007
I call them the MSM against sex trafficking the Mann Act, the Survey and the Model Law ... The Mann Act needs to be part of the TVPA, and it should be revised so that it is not necessary to prove that the trafficker made the victim cross state lines ... I call them the MSM against sex trafficking the Mann Act, the Survey and the Model Law. (Townhall.com)
Man Pleads Guilty as Trial is About to Begin on Federal Sex Trafficking and Mann Act Charges Aug 29, 2007
ATLANTA, Aug. 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Wan J. Kim, Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights; David E. Nahmias, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia; Gregory Jones, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation; and Richard Pennington, Chief, Atlanta Police Department, today announced that Jimmie Lee Jones, also known as "Mike Spade," 31, of Stone Mountain, Georgia, pleaded guilty yesterday to federal charges of conspiracy to engage in sex trafficking and... (PR Newswire)
The ''Big Love'' season finale: Opportunity knocks Aug 28, 2007
A colossal mess as Roman got arrested (under the Mann Act, which bars the interstate transport of minors for ''immoral purposes''), with Alby, presumably, having made the call. Huh. (Entertainment Weekly)
Review: 'Sin in the Second City' Aug 11, 2007
" The resulting hysteria led to the Mann Act, which, she writes, "reinforced a national political ethos that, to this day, scares elected representatives from casting any vote that can be perceived as a strike against 'values. " "Sin in the Second City" illustrates the interdependence of hedonism and puritanism in America. For example: One night, thousands of torch-waving, hymn-singing reformers (Minna always called them "visiting firemen") marched through the red-light district, shutting down... (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Nine Charged in Sex Trafficking Ring Involving Minors Aug 10, 2007
The superseding indictment, which replaces charges first filed in December 2006, adds allegations of sex trafficking of minors; sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion; violations of the Mann Act, which prohibits interstate or foreign transport of minors for prostitution; and importing and harboring aliens for purposes of prostitution. The indictment discusses 12 victims who were forced to work as prostitutes, including five minors. (PR Newswire)
* Hardcover US: The more things change, the more they stay the same Jul 15, 2007
The excesses of the Everleigh Club, along with those at its much coarser neighboring brothels in the Levee district of Chicago, would help prompt the Mann Act, meant to prevent "white slave traffic." Such antics also spurred the creation of a branch of the US Justice Department, a Bureau of Investigation that would evolve into the FBI.. The sisters' defiance and sharp business acumen kept them on such a friendly footing with Chicago gangsters, saloon keepers and politicians that it also kept... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Racism taints views of Bonds' home runs Jun 3, 2007
Eventually he was jailed for violating the Mann Act - with his white fianc. e. Muhammad Ali needed the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn his conviction for refusing induction into the military during the Vietnam War as a conscientious objector. (Newsday -- Opinion)
Accused Sex Trafficker Arraigned in Federal Court Mar 3, 2007
Carreto-Valencia, her two sons, and three other defendants were indicted on Nov. 16, 2004, on charges of conspiracy, sex trafficking, forced labor, violations of the Mann Act, and immigration-related offenses. Together with her sons, Josue Flores Carreto and Gerardo Flores Carreto, and other family members, Carreto-Valencia operated a network based in San Miguel Tenancingo, Tlaxcala, Mexico that trafficked young women into forced prostitution in Mexico and New York City. (PR Newswire)
Newswatch, Police/Fire Feb 25, 2007
The women were charged with conspiring to violate the Mann Act by allegedly participating in transporting the women. Chen's husband, Fu Sheng Kuo, and Zhang's husband, Shengji Wang, were also charged as part of the conspiracy of violating the Mann Act. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
City man pleads guilty to prostitution conspiracy Dec 12, 2006
Steven Tanuis, 27, of 25 Dix Ave. and Antonio Dove, 36, of 209 Miller Way, Windsor, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to use an interstate facility to promote prostitution and one count of violating the Mann Act, which prohibits the transporting of an individual in interstate or foreign commerce with the intent for the individual to engage in prostitution. In a statement released Friday, the U.S. Attorney's office reported that between November 2003 and September 2005, Ronald Martinez... (New Britain Herald, CT)
Local man pleads guilty to involvement in prostitution ring Aug 25, 2006
Martinez pled guilty to charges of conspiracy to use an interstate facility to promote prostitution, money laundering, using an interstate facility to promote prostitution and violating the Mann Act which prohibits the transporting of an individual across state lines to engage in prostitution. Another member of the group, Jerome Hardgrove, 27, of Windsor, also pled guilty Monday to conspiracy to use an interstate facility to promote prostitution. (Windsor Journal, CT)
Guilty Plea In Prostitution Case Aug 23, 2006
A West Hartford man accused of being one of the ringleaders of a violent, interstate prostitution business faces more than 20 years in prison after he pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday to charges that include conspiracy, promoting prostitution, money laundering and transporting women between states in violation of the Mann Act. Among other things, Ronald Martinez, 39, who formerly operated a licensed bail bond company called Liberty Bail Bonds, is accused of bonding girls out of jail on... (FOX61, CT)
Balkin's In defense of underlying principles Feb 10, 2006
Why Distinguish Mental" and Physical Illness in the Law of Involuntary Treatment?Professor John Dawson, Professor of Law, University of Otago, Dr George Szmukler, Dean, Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College London11.15am COFFEE BREAK11.30am SESSION II:Legal Implications of The New Neuroscience: Further Thoughts.Professor Stephen J. Morse, Professor of Law ssor of Psychology and Law in Psychiatry, University of PennsylvaniaThe Origins of Mental State: Legal and Cultural Developments across... (Blawg)
