Criminal
Oct. 22, 2016
Backpage attorneys seek dismissal of criminal 'pimping' case
Some First Amendment attorneys say they are troubled by one emerging aspect of the Backpage case: that law enforcement pressured Backpage to monitor ads, and now the AG appears to be using that very monitoring as part of her case.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Can a defendant be prosecuted for website design?
This could turn out to be a central question in Attorney General Kamala D. Harris' pimping case against the CEO and two former owners of Backpage.com. People v. Ferrer, 16FE019224 (Sacramento County Sup. Ct., filed Oct. 6, 2016).
In her office's Oct. 6 press release announcing the charges and arrest of CEO Ca...
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