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Backpage, Censorship, First Amendment, Freedom of Speech, News, Opinion/Analysis, Sex Trafficking, U.S. v. Lacey & Larkin

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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…

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Backpage, Censorship, First Amendment, Freedom of Speech, News, Sex Trafficking, Sex Work, U.S. v. Lacey & Larkin

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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…

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Backpage, Censorship, First Amendment, Freedom of Speech, News, U.S. v. Lacey & Larkin

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Update  9/07/2021: Monday night, the defense filed a Motion for Acquittal and Mistrial, arguing that the prosecution’s disingenuous, inaccurate and needlessly pornographic  opening statement on Sep. 3 was so riddled with error that the jury has been “irretrievably tainted” by…