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Mann Act

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Sports

When the Censors Came for Jack Johnson's Fight Films

Friday A/V Club: The boxer who just got a posthumous presidential pardon was a central figure in one of the first battles over movie censorship.

Jesse Walker | 5.25.2018 12:40 PM

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Mann Act

Pardon Jack Johnson

The White Slavery Panic of the late 19th/early 20th centuries caused Congress to pass the vaguely-worded Mann Act. It allowed the FBI and prosecutors broad discretion to go after individuals they didn't like.

Gail Heriot |The Volokh Conspiracy | 4.25.2018 8:07 AM

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FOSTA

Posting or Hosting Sex Ads Could Mean 25 Years in Federal Prison Under New Republican Proposal

A related measure would open digital platforms to liability for past crimes committed by users.

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 12.11.2017 3:55 PM

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Sex Crimes

No Bail for Wisconsin Cop Nabbed for Sex Chat With Teen

Snapchat and Facebook exchanges with a 15-year-old have Wisconsin officer Basil O'Kimosh facing life in prison.

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 11.8.2017 1:55 PM

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Operation Cross Country

Feds 'Rescue' Women from Freedom and Money in 11th 'Operation Cross Country'

Hear from the real victims of this cruel FBI charade.

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 10.18.2017 11:25 AM

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Operation Cross Country

American Sex Police

With sweeping "sex trafficking stings," the FBI returns to its roots as the nation's vice squad.

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 3.14.2017 6:00 AM

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Sex Trafficking

The War on Sex Trafficking Is the New War on Drugs

And the results will be just as disastrous, for "perpetrators" and "victims" alike.

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 9.30.2015 6:00 AM

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Sex Trafficking

Teen Recruits Friend for Sex Work With Her, Gets Slapped With Federal Sex-Trafficking Charges

Another reminder who really gets targeted under U.S. sex trafficking statutes.

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 6.16.2015 12:28 PM

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Sex Work

Sex Slaves and the Surveillance State

Why 'human trafficking' is a dangerous term

Thaddeus Russell | 4.22.2014 10:00 AM

Conspiracy Theories

The Trouble with Richard Hofstadter

Prostitution panics and the paranoid style

Jesse Walker | 8.26.2013 10:45 AM

History

Remembering The Mann Act or, How Prostitution Killed The Constitution

Nick Gillespie | 9.15.2010 2:27 PM

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