FPC’s coverage of the prosecution of publishers Michael Lacey and Jim Larkin on charges related to Backpage.
Nothing to see here, move along. That’s the government’s tack in its response to a Nov. 4 defense filing in the Lacey/Larkin case that raised the possibility of an “appearance of partiality” on behalf of federal Judge Diane Humetewa in…
A new motion filed Nov. 4 in Phoenix by defense attorneys in the Lacey/Larkin case raises questions about the “potential appearance of lack of impartiality” on the part of federal Judge Diane Humetewa due to her “close personal and professional…
Federal Judge Susan Brnovich today recused herself from the trial of veteran newspapermen Michael Lacey and Jim Larkin, the former owners of the classified ads giant, Backpage.com. Brnovich, the wife of Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich, gave no reason for…
Attorneys for veteran newspapermen Michael Lacey and Jim Larkin argue in a new motion that the government willfully ignored federal Judge Susan Brnovich’s instructions during the pair’s recent trial in Phoenix. Instead, prosecutors doubled down on false accusations of sex…
Undeterred by the mistrial they caused Sept. 13, federal prosecutors are revisiting the deceitful tactics that interrupted their first stab at falsely convicting veteran newspapermen Michael Lacey and Jim Larkin for their former ownership of the classified-listings giant, Backpage.com. In…
On Oct. 5 in Phoenix, federal Judge Susan Brnovich set a new date for round two of the Scopes Monkey Trial of the 21st Century: i.e., the DOJ’s railroading of veteran newspapermen Michael Lacey and Jim Larkin, onetime owners of…
When it comes to freedom of speech in this country, who can you count on to defend it? Civil liberties organizations like the ACLU? The media? Big tech? The Democrats? Oh, hell no. Yet, libertarians of the brand embodied by…
U.S. District Court Judge Susan Brnovich stunned prosecutors on Tuesday morning when she declared a mistrial in the government’s case against lifelong journalists Michael Lacey and Jim Larkin, whom the prosecution aims to imprison for the rest of their lives…
Defense attorneys for journalists Michael Lacey and Jim Larkin moved for mistrial in federal court in Phoenix on Monday, following the testimony of government witness Dr. Sharon Cooper, an anti-porn, anti-sex work crusader, whom prosecutors presented to the court as…
Your taxes at work: Kamala Harris’s fave cop, California DOJ agent Brian Fichtner, spent around two days last week in the Lacey/Larkin trial reading saucy language and eyeballing naked and semi-naked ladies who allegedly once appeared in the Sacramento escorts…
