Johns at John school is not what most people would call prosecution given the fact that prostitutes are jailed.

The misapplication of the laws is obviously done to persecute her and to enable him by not applying the laws equitably.

He gets a pass; she is held accountable.

There is no free market in prostitution when laws are unfairly applied to penalize one and encourage the other.

In fact, prostitution is one of the more lucrative crimes for pimps and panderers and the state - much more so than for prostitutes, even given the numbers.

It's surprising though that not more hookers are blackmailing their johns, the never ending gift, so easily accomplished today with cell phones, cameras, and recorders. This is the part of law enforcement that hookers could do since legal authorities won't.

The fact that pimps could use that system to ingratiate themselves far beyond their share of the act must have escaped them since the act performs nothing less than a portal to perpetual payment - rather like a bank loan with interest. Since no one gets hurt, in the same manner that it is a consensual, victimless crime, blackmail would be merely the extended benefits, the fruits of the victimless crime.

For states, however, penalties associated with such an act could be the real bounty, for obvious reasons. Who needs jails?

For a crime that did not need to be committed in the first place, states are bypassing some of their best fees and penalties applied equally to all parties that, by the numbers, could add up to lower taxes for everyone.
Pat | 03.22.08 - 12:32 pm | #