FPC’s coverage of the prosecution of publishers Michael Lacey and Jim Larkin on charges related to Backpage.
Award-winning editor, journalist, and publisher Michael Lacey walked with a bit more swagger than usual on Monday as he exited the Sandra Day O’Connor U.S. Courthouse in downtown Phoenix. Lacey’s left leg was less encumbered, you see. On Monday, U.S….
Should the U.S. Department of Justice get to decide that a federal law means one thing in the five-year-old criminal case in Arizona against veteran newspapermen and ex-Backpage owners Jim Larkin and Michael Lacey, while, at the same time, arguing…
In an order dated March 23, U.S. District Court Judge Diane Humetewa in Phoenix set a new start date for the retrial of veteran newspapermen Michael Lacey and Jim Larkin, former owners of the Craigslist-esque classified listings site Backpage.com: August…
See judge’s order, here: Journalists Michael Lacey and Jim Larkin tell a federal judge that they do not oppose severing their retrial in Phoenix from four co-defendants, with some caveats, while prosecutors oppose the idea. Responding to a recent inquiry…
See judge’s order, here: Unprompted by the parties in the case, federal Judge Diane Humetewa suggested severing the upcoming trials of ex-Backpage owners Michael Lacey and Jim Larkin from their fellow defendants. In an order filed Thursday in federal court…
In the two-week runup to Super Bowl LVII, more than 100 law enforcement officers from nearly 20 local, state and federal law agencies — including the FBI and DHS — participated in a massive operation in Metro Phoenix ostensibly targeting…
The U.S. Department of Justice’s duplicity knows no bounds when it comes to the prosecution of veteran newspapermen Michael Lacey and Jim Larkin under the U.S. Travel Act, a Kennedy-era law intended to target organized crime. Case in point: the…
When the FBI arrested veteran newspapermen Michael Lacey and Jim Larkin on April 6, 2018, charging them in federal court in Phoenix with violations of the U.S. Travel Act, the federal government seized almost all of Lacey and Larkin’s assets…
Award-winning journalists Michael Lacey and Jim Larkin — and their four co-defendants — have a long, hot summer in store for them next year. During a brief status conference Wednesday morning in Phoenix, U.S. District Court Judge Diane Humetewa scheduled…
Sometime in late March or early April could mark the beginning in Phoenix of the biggest First Amendment trial in the nation — the retrial of famed journalists and former Backpage.com owners, Michael Lacey and Jim Larkin. That is, if…
