Prosecuting Johns

You are correct. Prostitution is not victimless, but it is the illegality of the profession that allows for the victimizattion. By making it illegal, you place sex workers outside the protection of the law. You open them up to the "protection" and abuse of pimps. People have sex for many reasons including pleasure and currying favors. Only when a woman seeks to profit from her "talents" does in become illegal. Australia, Neveda and the Netherlands seem less troubled by the "woes" you wail about. Of course, sexual slavery is horrendous but it prospers from the being illegal. Criminalization of prostitution protects as many people as does the criminalization of drug use: NONE!

It is sad & alarming to read so many comments using the word " crime " for a harmless universal social phenomenon ...

Meanwhile,.NY has no death penalty since 1963 & since then hundreds of murderers have been paroled & some have been pardoned by criminal-loving governors...

To common sense girl- how jaded and disempowered you have become that you and your friends "offer themselves up" to better your position without hubby knowing. It's a sad world where women's true brilliance is ignored and only their sexuality valued, and that "getting ahead" means leaving your soul behind. Women who do this block any chance of using their true gifts and will become the disrespect they accept. Common sense girl, you have become like Spitzer...

Get a life, they elected a terrorist into the the white house, and your worried about this crap. No wonder newspapers and reporters have such little respect.

I would agree with you if the the moivation for lack of prosicution is wealth and power.And I do agree the justice system needs some major work

Make it legal. Its not the 'oldest profession' in the world for nothing. Let the police handle more serious issues. But if you arrest one other per for the same thing he did then its a double standard.

All respect has been lost for anyone in government. This is just one case of many where our law enforcement officials are not held to the same standard of accountability as the people. This proves once again that they are all in bed with each other, and the damage they have caused with this reprehensible decision is permanent. They are all arrogant parasites of the public. The people are disgusted with their own government, and this decision is exactly why. If I was this girl's Dad, there'd be another story following this one. He's a bastard, a user, a moral midget, a hypocrite, and lo and behold, a lawyer. Why does that not surprise me? Most lawyers cheated on their ethics test in law school, and the law itself says you have to prove it before they're punished. This system they'd created is completely corrupt, and they use it. If this Spitzer guy had any guts at all, he'd stand up and take his medicine like he should. He's all hot air, with no ethics to back him up. I say castrate the guy that has no guts to prosecute him while he's getting paid to do so with our tax money, and then throw Spitzer under a bus.

The U.S. Attorney could only prosecute under Federal law, the Mann Act. The Justice Department quit prosecuting individuals who were not trafficers when a Jury acquitted Charlie Chaplin when he took his Fiancee, later Wife, across a State Line. Remeber the ancient admonition, "Let he who is without stones cast the first sin."

lets start taking these crimes off the books that hurt no one but users and regulate,and tax them. then we can make sure the users are the only ones who will be victims of their folly, they will do partake either way. the war on drugs is like some eastern nation that is in a stupid 1000 year or more war. we can not win, so let us at least have some control. If anyone is going to make money on idiots let it be the taxpayers.

until the law is changed all those who break the law must be made to pay for their crime. no one is above the law. since the da's office has not to file charges it seems that the people of that state have some work to do. emails and letters to the da's office can be a start. when it is time to vote for a new da this should be a platform for the new da.

I agree.. sickening and sad. Prosecute johns! All of them!

This whole thing is so pathetic, it is impossible to understand. The idiot was the chief law officer and got caught....where is the justice!?!?! Another example of a broken system!

He already lost his job and has been publicly humiliated. AND? When has the law ever cared? Last I checked never unless your wallet was fat or you had the right skin complexion or connections, breaking the law is always punishable.

Oh my bad, he meets all the criteria for getting let off......... Give this man his job back!

If it had been any working class person with the type of fiduciary trust Elliot Spitzer betrayed, that person would be in jail. Elliot Spitzer betrayed his elected office in ways that are downright disgusting. His acknowledgment and sorrow is based on getting caught. Elliot Spitzer is a low life, a sneak and cheat. If he broke the law of his office and of the land he should pay for it. It is about time that people who abuse their power are held accountable. Elliot Spitzer is the poster boy for the moral decline of a society.