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San Francisco Rejects Decriminalization of Prostitution

By Mark Jakubik

On election day San Francisco voters had the opportunity to cast a blow (no pun intended - really) for some commonsense. If passed, Proposition K would have effectively decriminalized prostitution in the city. To my astonishment, Prop K failed, by a rather large margin. Some 60% of San Franciscans voted against decriminalization. I have posted before on the subject of legalizing or decriminalizing prostution, and will not rehearse all of the arguments again in this post. Suffice it to say, I think that, on the main, prosections of prostution related crimes - especially those involving escort services - are a tremendous waste of governmental resources, a diversion from more pressing law enforcement concerns, and trample on zones of privacy that are, in my view, none of the government’s business...continue to full post

Full post as published by Philadelphia Criminal Defense Lawyer Blog on November 15, 2008 (boomark / email).