Madame on Trial

The Washington DC madame's trial has begun and according to the Post it is a sad affair. It seems the government has insisted on calling as witnesses not only the Madame's current employees, but her former employees as well. The jury had to listen to the painfully detailed testimony of former prostitutes, some now in their 60s, one now a mother of three and one now a careeer naval officer. At one point the judge even asked the prosecution how much "collateral damage" they intended to inflict in the case. Bear in mind this is a "criminal enterprise" that threw off very little actual money and had no discernible victims.

I am wondering exactly when we will decide that the price of our pious puritanism is just too high.