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Thursday, July 17, 2008 --- 51 days ago http://www.zimbio.com/Pamela+Martin+and+Associates/articles/15
 posted by beckychr007 We may never know why the federal government prosecuted DC Madam Deborah Jean Palfrey . Prostitution is not a federal crime . Apparently it started out as a tax investigation. But it turned out that Miss Palfrey always paid her taxes. So then they got her on racketeering and money laundering charges —her independent contractors would use the US mail to send money orders. But the big question is why. It is unlikely there was a vast conspiracy . Having spent more time than I would have liked in the criminal justice system , I know that a lot of the time investigations are started by some straight arrow investigators, and then no one can really stop it, and it takes on a life of its own. If it gets politically sensitive, the response of the legal system is to minimize the damage –and that is done with a few sacrificial lambs , and keeping a lid on the nasty parts. And in this prosecution judges , prosecutors and the media seemed extraordinarily determined to keep a cap on the amount of information revealed—and then the lives of several women were sacrificed on the altar of justice . Even though it is not unlikely that the investigation started when a couple of pious boy scouts at the Justice Department (and god knows there are enough of those in the current administration) stumbled on Miss Palfrey's escort service while looking into something like the shenanigans of Duke Cunningham , the timing is still curious. The ... |
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