News Politically Motivated Prosecutions
posted by on May 1 at 11:02 AM
They’re all fun and games until someone gets hurt.
Police say a woman they believe to be convicted Washington escort service operator Deborah Jeane Palfrey has committed suicide. Police in Tarpon Springs, Florida say the body was found in a shed near Palfrey’s mother’s home Thursday morning. There was a suicide note, but police did not disclose its contents.Palfrey was convicted April 15 by a federal jury of running a prostitution service that catered to members of Washington’s political elite.
Anyone know where David Vitter was yesterday morning?
UPDATE: Here’s CNN’s Fred Graham on the politically-motivated prosecution of Deborah Jeane Palfrey.
But the most perplexing question is why the prosecutors are pursuing this case. They have given no indication that the “DC Madam” case is part of a broader campaign against prostitution by the thriving escort business [in Washington D.C.]. No similar cases have been brought. Palfrey’s attorneys claim they are punishing her for giving them a hard time in an unrelated case. The government should not prosecute a citizen for such a reason, and if the prosecutors have a proper reason, they should declare what it is.
holy cats.
did she do it by shooting herself in the back of the head three times?
Nice.
I am inclined to think this was a murder staged as a suicide. That woman had a lot of dirt on a lot of very powerful people.
I'm guessing in diapers.
I feel like I've already seen this scenario on Law & Order.
SLOG needs a soundtrack. Posts like this should be accompanied by apporpriately ominous music. It does have all the earmarks of something more sinister than a mere suicide, if she had something on McCain the whole leadership of the RNC could be suspects.
@6 soundtrack...
cue the "dUN-Duh!" from Law&Order
bullshit.
let's see the list. someone please blow the whistle.
As my overexcited temporary re-posting of this story hinted, I'm with Trouble at 3.
From the Washington Post: "Palfrey, 52, was free while awaiting sentencing June 25 on federal racketeering charges."
The post-conviction/pre-sentencing bargaining phase might be when whatever she knows would be most useful, right? Or do I just have chronic Law & Order damage?
Poor woman.
Now we'll never get the dirt on all those other names. I really wanted to know. I love that smut.
Hopefully Larry has everything and it will come out anyway.
Two top level Red Bushies were kicked to the curb - first the GAO contracts head (fraud) and then the Justice fraud person. (source: Washington Post, now sod off, Fnarf)
Chances are they're fall guys for Cheney and other high levels being covered up, but we have 260 days and a wakeup before we can avoid GWB Pardons of their Treason and Malfeance.
@11: That's one of the more compelling reasons to wait until January to bring charges.
If by “suicide” they mean obviously murdered by the CIA, then yes it is a “suicide.”
Jumpin' Jeebus, they're just as incompetent as the rest of the psychopaths in DC.
Here's hoping her lawyer will release one of those crime novel style "In the event of my mysterious death..." videotapes.
yeah, i would expect a real-for-true suicide to have been preceded by a full list of clients sent off to some reputable media--a last and lasting "fuck you" to the feds. why would she just off herself without that small satisfaction first?
Ten bucks says they offed her. She had no reason to kill herself. There were plenty of procedural problems with the trial, especially with her not being allowed to call witnesses like Vitter to account for what they paid for.
My guess is she threatened to publish all the gory details if somebody didn't step up. Too bad somebody did, with a gun in their hand.
She supposedly told friends she would kill herself rather than go to prison. Why not prosecute the johns? Men still hold all the cards. It sucks.
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