For those who do not know what the Mann Law is, here is the definition. This is just one of the Laws Spitzer violated.
Mann Act Law & Legal Definition
The Mann Act was enacted by Congress through its power to regulate interstate commerce, as a means of addressing the problem of prostitution and immorality in general. It is also known as the White Slave Traffic Act.
The Mann Act provides:
“Whoever knowingly persuades, induces, entices, or coerces any woman or girl to go from one place to another in interstate or foreign commerce, or in the District of Columbia or in any Territory or Possession of the United States, for the purpose of prostitution or debauchery, or for any other immoral purpose, or with the intent and purpose on the part of such person that such woman or girl shall engage in the practice of prostitution or debauchery, or any other immoral practice, whether with or without her consent, and thereby knowingly causes such woman or girl to go and to be carried or transported as a passenger upon the line or route of any common carrier or carriers in interstate or foreign commerce, or in the District of Columbia or in any Territory or Possession of the United States, shall be fined not more than $ 5,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.”.
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Follow-up comment rss or Leave a TrackbackNow I understand he’s making a deal with the same prosecutor he worked hand in hand with to go after Wall Street. The madness never ends!
any immoral purpose huh? So anyone could get arrested for enticing a woman to cross state lines to do………fill in the blank. prositution or ANY IMMORAL ACT?
Spitzer seems guilty of the prostitution part, but everyone should be worried about the immoral part. What does it mean, who determines what is ‘immoral’ is? If the woman is Catholic and you entice her to cross state lines to attend a Protestant Church service, is that immoral?
I would bet that some of the judges Dubya appointed would think so.
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