FYI Check out a real life example of a NY Mann Act prosecution.

[McCamy Taylor]

This was sent to me as an example to show that the feds really do prosecute people under the Mann Act. I wrote that there was never a chance that they were going to go into a federal courtroom with straight faces and attempt to prosecute Eliot Spitzer for a Mann Act charge. They pretended that they were strongly considering bringing Mann Act charges against him, and this lead the people of New York to demand that he resign, since they could not stand the thought of seeing their governor face federal felony charges. However, after the fall elections, the DOJ admitted that they never had any evidence to substantiate the public charge they made that he used public money to pay for his dates, and they also admitted that they never intended to file Mann Act charges. Which means that the citizens of New York were lied to by the Bush-Mukasey DOJ. Not the first time it has happened.

Anyway, this is an example of a legitimate use of the Mann Act:

http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1202424301903

Ronald H. Tills, a retired acting New York Supreme Court justice and Court of Claims judge, pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court in Buffalo, N.Y., to violating the federal Mann Act by transporting a prostitute across state lines.

Tills, 73, admitted before Judge William Skretny of the Western District of New York that he recruited prostitutes to service members of a fraternal club, the Royal Order of Jesters, at gatherings in Pennsylvania, Florida, Kentucky and Ontario, N.Y., in 2005, 2006 and 2007.

In his plea agreement with Western District U.S. Attorney Terrance P. Flynn, Tills also acknowledged arranging for women to attend a meeting of the Buffalo chapter of the Jesters in 2001 in Dunkirk, N.Y., to have sex with members of the club. He faces from 27 months to 33 months in prison during sentencing, which Skretny scheduled for Jan. 12.

Tills' lawyer, Terrence M. Connors of Connors & Vilardo in Buffalo, said in an interview Thursday that Tills "accepted responsibility for his actions and admitted in court that he committed a crime, that his conduct was wrong and his judgment was horrible." Tills also agreed to aid in the prosecution of others involved in the procurement of prostitutes, a role that could earn him a shorter prison sentence, Connors said.

Tills, of Hamburg, Erie County, was a judge from 1995 until his retirement in 2005. He resigned in March as part-time judicial hearing officer for the state as the FBI and U.S. Border Patrol agents investigated allegations of his involvement with prostitutes and the Jesters' organization, Connors said. Tills was also a Republican state assemblyman from 1969-77.

Note that Judge Tillis was a pimp . He was guilty of an organized criminal activity. He lured women across state lines in order to get them to engage in prostitution. He had engaged in this activity for years, making him a hardened pimp . This is what the Mann Act is supposed to be about----preventing organized criminal activity that occurs in the jurisdiction of multiple states. This is why Spitzer was never in any danger of being convicted under the Mann Act. The days when enemies of the state---like Black boxers who dare to defeat white opponents and marry white women---are convicted under this law are over---I hope. Spitzer paid for dates. If he had given a girlfriend elaborate gifts, that would not have been a crime, though the results would have been the same.

[Tunkamerica]

1. I have an off-topic question...Why capitalize black if not white?

[greguganus]

2. Yeah, what'S Up with ThaT? n/t

[Tunkamerica]

3. Hey, I was just wondering if it was intentional

and if it was, what's the significance.