Why did Cecil Suwal (the madam) go to jail, while Eliot Spitzer (the John) go free?
Why does only the madam do time?
Just wondering.
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Apparently the Feds found a $1m in cash in the apartment she shared with Mark Brener, and she played a central role in running the prostitution ring.
It seems a six-month sentence is considered rather light in these circumstances, and is that light because the court considered her to under the domination of Mark Brener.
Maybe she was, or maybe it's a handy defense that a smart lawyer cooked up. "Gee, I'm young. I'm a woman... it was all my boyfriend's bad influence."
Anyway, a $1m in cash in your apartment, and guilty of money laundering - consider yourself very lucky to walk away with a 6 month sentence.
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"In every other form of vice, enforcement priorities are directed at the
people most involved in perpetuating the crime. Police target drug
dealers instead of drug users because one drug dealer can sell to 50
drug users. Similarly, police target bookies before gamblers and
dogfight operators before dogfight spectators. The idea is to
concentrate on the people who commit the crimes as a way of life,
rather than the people who commit them once in a while." (1)
However, I did discover this alarming fact from Newsweek:
Citing precedent, Mr. Garcia indicated that the Department of Justice does not typically prosecute johns who buy women from pimps, except in cases of prostitution of children. (2)
So, I would say this is a disheartening trend. While I think it is unfair that two people commit the same crime and one goes free, part of me understands why.
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More equivalent would be the prostitute vs. the john. Generally prostitutes pay fines, they don't go to jail. The pimps/madams, whatever are the real target of prosecutors.
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Anyone who has ever spent more then 3 seconds in jail or prison would be exceptionally hesitant to say any amount of time is brief. Speak not what thou knowest not.