CRAIGSLIST CONT:
"They've made promises to attorneys general in the past," Gallagher said, noting
that Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal had brokered an agreement
with the site in November to crack down on prostitution ads after being contacted
about several complaints about photographs depicting nudity.
"I'm not going to take their word for it, we want to see action," Gallagher said.
Blumenthal sounded equally skeptical.
"Closing the erotic services section -- a blatant Internet brothel -- should lead to
other blocking and screening measures, and set a model for other sites, if Craigslist
keeps its word," he said in a statement.
Even as the service vowed to make the changes, it defended itself against what it
characterized as "sensationalistic journalism" about the site.
"The record is clear that use of Craigslist classifieds is associated with far lower
rates of violent crime than print classifieds, let alone rates of violent crime pertain-
ing to American society as a whole," the site's statement said.
British Woman Will Not Be Executed
Due To Pregnancy
A pregnant British woman accused of trafficking heroin
in Laos will not face the death penalty because the law bans executing expectant
convicts, a government spokesman said Tuesday.
The trial of 20-year-old Samantha Orobator would not be held until next week so
that an "appropriate lawyer" could be found to defend her, Foreign Ministry
spokesman Khenthong Nuanthasing said. It had been expected to start this week.
"It might take some time," Khenthong said by phone from the Laotian capital Vi-
entiane, adding his government would try its best to expedite the case. He said the
Justice Ministry was compiling a list of lawyers who must be Lao nationals from
which she could choose.
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