Blog posts from August 2014

Wilson Law Group has posted about solicitation of prostitution issues in the past, but we are still seeing new clients come in whom the police have caught in backpage.com stings. Law enforcement uses that controversial website to lure unsuspecting “johns” to hotels in the metro area and records the entire interaction to ensure criminal prosecution. If you are caught soliciting prostitution at a hotel, which qualifies as a “public place” under Minnesota law, the State will charge you with a gross misdemeanor. The maximum sentence for a gross misdemeanor is one year in jail and/or a...