Asset Seizures, Backpage, Censorship, First Amendment, Freedom of Speech, News, Opinion/Analysis, Sex Trafficking, U.S. DOJ, U.S. v. Lacey & Larkin
Court Overrules First Amendment Objections in Backpage Case, Will Allow Mentions of ‘Sex Trafficking’
On Friday, at the final pretrial hearing in the Backpage case, federal Judge Diane Humetewa in Phoenix shot down a defense suggestion that the prosecution not use the terms “sex trafficking” and “child sex trafficking” during the Aug. 29 trial…