February 09, 2018

Mary Leary, professor, law, was quoted in a News Journal story on Backpage.com.

... Meanwhile, a federal grand jury in Phoenix continues to investigate Lacey and Larkin. If an indictment is issued, it would be the first federal criminal charges against the two men. Federal criminal prosecution is the only avenue available under the existing Communications Decency Act, according to Mary Graw Leary, a law professor at Catholic University of America and co-author or “Perspectives on Missing Persons.” "People are really sick and tired of seeing an open-air market to buy and sell people," she said, adding that the solution rests with Congress. ...

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