MA Supreme Court Mulls: Should Brothel Customers Be Exposed?

Elected officials, doctors and lawyers are among dozens of men fighting to keep their names private as customers of an alleged brothel. On Monday, the highest court in Massachusetts heard arguments from both sides in the case.

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In November, U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts Joshua Levy announced that three people were arrested for allegedly operating a high-end brothel network out of apartment complexes in Cambridge, Dedham, and Watertown, Massachusetts as well as Virginia. ...

"They will undoubtedly lose their jobs lose their professions and have their lives ripped apart," attorney Benjamin Urbelis, representing five alleged brothel clients, argued before the SJC.

Ed Morrissey

Should their names be made public if authorities do not plan to indict and try them for any crimes? I'd say no, which then presents the correct question: why aren't they getting charged? 

Usually, however, unindicted co-conspirators and other unindicted individuals usually remain anonymous. If the state isn't going to charge them, then the state shouldn't identify them and leave them looking guilty without any due process to allow them to challenge that assumption. 

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