"80G Luv Gov" Spitzer

"Prosecutors have considered charging Mr. Spitzer with violations of the Mann Act, which bars transporting people across state lines for prostitution. Other possible charges could include structuring transactions to evade financial-reporting requirements; violating bans on interstate travel with intent to commit a crime; and helping an illegal entity to launder money. Some of the charges carry prison terms of more than five years.

But Mr. Spitzer's lawyers argued Tuesday that the governor didn't violate federal money-laundering or structuring laws because he didn't hide the transactions, which were in his name and from his bank accounts. In negotiations with prosecutors of Manhattan's U.S. Attorney's office, his lead lawyer, Michele Hirshman, a partner at the law firm of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, said it would be unfair to charge Mr. Spitzer. People familiar with the legal team's thinking say Ms. Hirshman argued that men who use the services of prostitutes rarely get charged with crimes, even when prostitutes and ringleaders do."

Does anyone see anything wrong with this picture? Why are prostitutes and ringleaders charged, but not the johns? I personally think prostitution should be legal, like it is in Singapore, but if you are going to charge someone, it should definitely include "Lov Guv 80G" Spitzer, who clearly broke the law by facilitating the illegal transportation of a prostitute across state lines.