Thursday, May 01, 2008

Deborah Jeane Palfrey

Deborah Jeane Palfrey, "the DC Madam", is reported to have hanged herself, with a nylon rope, in a storage shed, leaving handwritten notes.

It almost sounds like a game of Clue, but a rather sad one.

She had recently been convicted of: "money laundering, using the mail for illegal purposes, and racketeering." But she hadn't been sentenced yet. She faced something like 4 to 7 years in prison.

I don't wish to defend prostitution as good clean wholesome fun. It radiates an ick factor, to use a somewhat nontechnical term. But it should be legal, as long as it's consenting adults.

Consensual sex
shouldn't be banned
even if money
changes hands.

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