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Criminal

Dec. 29, 2016

Attorney general tries out new strategy in latest Backpage criminal complaint

After a stinging loss, Attorney General Kamala D. Harris is trying a different legal strategy against three Backpage.com executives in a new complaint.

By Malcolm Maclachlan
Daily Journal Staff Writer

SACRAMENTO — After a stinging loss, Attorney General Kamala D. Harris is trying a different legal strategy against three Backpage.com executives in a new complaint.

By charging the trio not just with pimping but also with money laundering, in a new case last week, Harris is attempting to circumvent the successful defense mounted by attorneys who got the origin...

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