Is there a lawyer in the house?
So, this showed up in today’s Picayune:
A two-hour undercover operation in Kenner netted the arrest of 14 men for soliciting sex from female police officers, authorities said Friday.
Posing as prostitutes, the officers were sent late Thursday to a section of Airline Drive and a stretch of Veterans Memorial Boulevard, Kenner Police Department spokesman James Gallagher said. The exact locations were not disclosed.
Pretty standard, right? The article goes on to name all 14 johns (which is, BTW, more than ABC has done with its 40-some-odd pounds of “DC Madam” records). And then there’s this:
All were booked with prostitution and crime against nature except Griffin, who was booked only with crime against nature, and Chica-Garcia, Franco and Pridger, who were booked only with prostitution.
Now, I’m guessing that’s supposed to be a point of clarification, but for those not acquainted with Louisiana’s byzantine legal code, it raises way more questions than it answers. I mean, is it supposed to tell us something about the johns’…predilections? Can we assume that Chica-Garcia, Franco, and Pridger are the dullards of the bunch, since they probably didn’t get any? Is Griffin is the brainiac, since he weaseled his way out of paying? Free legal advice, anyone?
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Wish they’d do that in my neighborhood. There are a couple of hookers hanging out on the corner down by Friar Tucks. It’s just sad what’s happening to the Freret Neighborhood.
I’m just a law student, taking a shot in the dark. But my assumption is crimes against nature involves a John requesting sodomy. Prostitution would be the charge if they had only requested vaginal intercourse. And both means they asked the undercover officer for the works.
I live in hookertown. It’s pretty funny. I think “Crime against nature” is what they charge all hookers and johns with. I learned that by looking at the sex offenders website, at least a dozen people in the neighborhood have been charged.
I think the first law student is right. Even though Louisiana’s sodomy law is no longer enforceable against individuals in their home, its still enforceable when prostitutes are involved - which means if they asked for a blow job, they get the sodomy charge.
Crimes against nature = blowjob and/or anal felony.
Prostitution = misdemeanor missionary.