Pamela Martin and Associates

Deborah Jeane Palfrey is the owner of Pamela Martin & Associates, alleged to provide prostitutes to the D.C. area for some 13 years.

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ABC News' Brian Ross vs. The New York Times: Nobody Wins [Journalismism]

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ABC News' Brian Ross styles himself a gumshoe of the old-school, and his network calls him "one of the most honored and respected journalists in the country." So why is he wrong so often? Ross is the guy who breathlessly announced that he had the phone records of Deborah Jeane Palfrey—a.k.a. the Washington Madam—only to come up with the names o 22 Vote(s) Read Full Story

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Femicide and the DC Madam

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From: girlinshortshorts.blogspot.com

We may never know why the federal government prosecuted DC Madam Deborah Jean Palfrey . Prostitution is not a federal crime . Apparently it started out as a tax investigation. But it turned out that Miss Palfrey always paid her taxes. So then they got her on racketeering and money laundering charges —her independent contractors would use the US mail to send money orders. But the big question is why. It is unlikely there was a vast conspiracy . Having spent more time than I would have liked in the criminal justice system , I know that a lot of the time investigations are ... Read Full Story

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'D.C. Madam' cashes out

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From: viewsfromtheleftcoast.blogspot.com

A Northern California woman convicted last month of operating a high-end prostitution ring that catered to Washington's elite was found dead today after apparently hanging herself at her mother's property in Florida, CNN reported. Deborah Jeane Palfrey, 52, who ran the Pamela Martin & Associates escort service and was known as the "D.C. Madam," vowed last year to kill herself rather than return to prison. She left several suicide notes to that effect, police in Tarpon Springs, Fla., said. Palfrey ran her escort service, which operated in Washington, Baltimore and northern Virginia, from her home in Vallejo, Calif., a city of 120,000 in the ... Read Full Story

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DC Madam Kills Self Rather Than Face Jail

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In the end, it was a punishment that definitely didn’t fit the crime. Deborah Jeane Palfrey, also known as the D.C. Madam for running a high-priced call girl ring in the nation’s capital, faced up to 55 years in jail. She was scheduled to be sentence this summer. But Palfrey, defiant to the end over her prosecution, was determined not to give in to the Feds. So, sometime yesterday, she walked out to a shed behind her mother’s house near St. Petersburg, Fla , and based on a preliminary investigation, she hanged herself. Read More . Read Full Story

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DC Madam Kills Self Rather Than Face Jail

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DC Madam Customer David Vitter Is Outraged By The ACORN Prostitution Scandal

Sen. David Vitter (R-LA) is the self-proclaimed “most outspoken critic of ACORN.” Following the release of incriminating videos showing ACORN workers giving advice to undercover conservative activists inquiring about how to start a brothel and not get caught, Vitter and other Republicans called for investigations and audits of the organization. On Monday, he put [...]

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