Via YNot:
Hardcore Juror Fired During Trial
“Adult filmmaker Max Hardcore’s defense team on Tuesday filed a motion for a new trial after discovering one of the jurors was under mental stress during deliberation because she was fired from her job the night before the verdict was rendered.”
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“The juror, who is identified in court documents as Kimberly Grimes, after the verdict told Little’s defense attorney Jennifer M. Kinsley she was the last of three jurors to change her vote from “not guilty” to “guilty” during “emotional” deliberations. She also told Kinsley her former employer, Tampa-area personal-injury attorney Dale S. Appell, had terminated her employment as his executive assistant by phone the previous evening. Kinsley detailed the conversation in an affidavit filed with the court, noting that Grimes provided her a copy of a note she sent to presiding U.S. District Judge Susan Bucklew prior to the conclusion of deliberations. The note requested a private meeting with the judge about the termination.”
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Via AVN:
Ira Isaacs Stands Before A New Judge
” With attorney Roger Jon Diamond unable to attend a scheduled status conference regarding the government’s obscenity case against shock artist Ira Isaacs on June 30, U.S. District Judge George King moved the conference up a week, but there were few surprises at today’s hearing - not even Judge King’s obvious desire to move the proceedings along swiftly.
Sitting in Courtroom 660 of the Edward R. Roybal Center this afternoon, Judge King took under advisement Diamond’s Motion to object to setting a trial date, and gave Diamond until July 28 to file his motion to preclude Isaacs’ retrial on grounds of double jeopardy. The late date for the motion was determined by Diamond’s need to review the transcript of the previous trial under Judge Alex Kozinski, which would not be ready, according to prosecutor Ken Whitted, until July 14 - although Judge King questioned why Diamond would need the transcript at all, since the facts of the case were not in dispute.”
I still think Judge Kozinski should not have recused himself.
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Via $pread Magazine:
Grind the vote!
From Sin City to the Big Apple, sex workers are organizing for political and economic justice. It’s time to organize our sex worker electorate ito a political force and “Grind the Vote”!
Even though I’m bitter about whether every vote is actually counted I still think it’s vital that we all vote. Register today!
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Via SWOP-LV News:
Australia/Cambodia: Sex workers want legislation changed
“Sex workers have delivered a letter to the Cambodian embassy in Canberra calling for changes to anti-trafficking and sex work laws.
The Scarlet Alliance, representing Australia’s sex workers, and the Asia Pacific Network of Sex Workers, say a recent law change in Cambodia equates all sex work with trafficking.
That had led to closures of brothels and widespread human rights abuses against sex workers, they said.
The new laws had simply moved sex work underground, in an unsafe, unregulated environment, alliance president Elena Jeffreys told AAP.”
This is a big issue that I’ve been meaning to blog about. There’s a lot of news about this one and the $pread blog has been doing a great job of covering it.
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Via the Jamaica Observer:
PM rejects regulation of sex workers
“Prime Minister Bruce Golding has flatly rejected a suggestion to decriminalise and regulate commercial sex work, describing the proposal as ludicrous, ill-informed and unauthorised.”
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“In an Observer report last week, senior medical officer in charge of the National HIV/STI Programme in the Ministry of Health, Dr Kevin Harvey, suggested that government could rake in up to $3 billion in taxes by decriminalising commercial sex work.”
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Via Naked City:
Xaviera Hollander on Being the Happy Hooker
“Xaviera Hollander just hosted a big 65th birthday bash for herself at her Bed & Breakfast in Amsterdam, and in this episode of Naked City TV she reflects on how Amsterdam’s red light district is changing, plus her perceptions of the sex industry and the ways that the Happy Hooker brand has unexpectedly grown.”
I feel pretty silly because I didn’t realize Hollander was still alive. Doh! I’d like to see the documentary about her.
Posted by Vixen as News at 5:57 PM CDT