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'DC Madam' Guilty, Guilty, Guilty

Posted Apr 15, 08 2:54 PM CDT in Politics,  Crime & Courts 

(Newser) – Rejecting the defense that she didn't know her escorts were having sex with clients, a federal jury convicted the "DC Madam," who, WTOP–FM reports, met today's verdict with a sigh. Deborah Jeane Palfrey, whose prostitution-ring bust implicated Washington highbrows, including a Louisiana senator, faces up to 55 years on racketeering and money-laundering charges at her sentencing in July.

"When a man agrees to pay $250 for 90 minutes with a woman, what do most men expect in that time?" asked a prosecutor during closing arguments. Palfrey's attorney likened punishing her to punishing a taxi dispatcher for "the route the cab driver took," the AP reports.

Sources WTOP, Associated Press

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Deborah Jeane Palfrey, charged in federal court with running a prostitution ring through her escort service, Pamela Martin & Associates, walks to a news conference on Monday, April 30, 2007.   (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Deborah Palfrey reads a statement outside federal court in Washington in this March 9, 2007 file photo.   (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
Deborah Jeane Palfrey, left, accompanied by her lawyer Montgomery Blair Sibley, right, arrives at the U.S. District Court House in Washington, Friday, September 7, 2007.   (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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