Mistrial Declared in Backpage Case
I have suspected from the beginning that the Backpage trial was more political theater than legal proceeding. Nothing I have seen this week had dissuaded me from that opinion.
I have suspected from the beginning that the Backpage trial was more political theater than legal proceeding. Nothing I have seen this week had dissuaded me from that opinion.
Moral panics can crash quickly. Or they can last centuries, as the moral panic over witchcraft did. I have no feel for how long the moral panic over sex work will last. But now that FOSTA is law, the potential damage it will cause has dramatically increased.