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- Pimp Law, Part II: Even if the Woman is Already 'in the Game,' It's Still Pimpin'
- How to Make Sure That 'Redacted' Document You Uploaded to PACER Is Really Redacted
| Pimp Law, Part II: Even if the Woman is Already 'in the Game,' It's Still Pimpin' | Top |
| Back in March 2011, I wrote here that the California Supreme Court was poised to hear an important issue related to California pimp law: are you offering illegal pimp services if the woman is already 'in the game' (i.e., already a prostitute)? To recap from my prior post, in 2007, a man named Jomo Zambia was in his car at a "notorious intersection" in the San Fernando Valley known for its prostitutes. He allegedly asked a woman he believed to be a prostitute to enter his car, explained he was a pimp, and offered his pimp services, "which included providing housing and clothing, if she turned over all of her money to him." The prostitute was actually an LAPD Officer working undercover, and Zambia was arrested and later convicted of the crime of pandering, as one who "induces, persuades or encourages another person to become a prostitute." California's highest court will now examine whether a defendant like Zambia can be convicted of encouraging another person to become a prostitute when that person already appears to be working as a prostitute. Or, in AP writer Paul Elias' words, the court will define "what makes a pimp in California." Three months later,... | |
| How to Make Sure That 'Redacted' Document You Uploaded to PACER Is Really Redacted | Top |
| On the Freedom to Tinker blog, Timothy Lee writes that he has been conducting detailed research on documents uploaded to PACER where the "parties tried to redact sensitive information but the redactions failed for technical reasons." Lee explains that the problem is rooted in the fact that the "PDF" format of saving a document uses "vector graphics" that represent an image as a series of drawing commands such as lines, rectangles and lines of text. While vector graphics have various advantages, Lee says they have at least one significant disadvantage: they may contain more information than is visible to the naked eye because they can have multiple "layers." As such, while a PDF document may appear to have a black rectangle blocking out text, the text still exists under the box and can often be read by performing a simple cut and paste. Using a collection of 1.8 million PACER documents, Lee identified approximately 2000 documents with redaction rectangles. Of these redacted documents, Lee found 194 documents with "failed redactions," mainly from commerical litigation in which the parties attempted to redact text concerning trade secrets, medical information, addresses, dates of birth, witness names, jurors, and more. Based on this study,... | |
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