Judge Diane Humetewa

The Backpage trial nearly jumped the tracks on Thursday in Phoenix’s federal court after the defense called twice for a mistrial, only to be denied each time by U.S. District Court Judge Diane Humetewa. Both motions involved material concerning children…

CashApp

A recent article in Forbes by the magazine’s associate editor, Thomas Brewster, accuses the popular money-transfer giant Cash App of being the “payment tool of choice” for sex trafficking and child sexual abuse material (CSAM), aka, child pornography. However, Brewster’s…

Lacey and Larkin standing outside.

The Arizona Republic recently published a report of an April 23 hearing in the federal Backpage prosecution in Phoenix, claiming  prosecutors had revealed “new evidence,” which demonstrated that Michael Lacey, a former owner of the now defunct classified ad website…