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Dear Cecil: Why is prostitution illegal? Frank Carroll, Arlington, Virginia
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Cecil replies: Because hookers are a nuisance, that’s why. Always around when you don’t want them, and never there when you do. Prostitution isn’t a felony. In most U.S. jurisdictions it’s a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine and a short stretch in jail. In parts of Nevada, it isn’t even that — prostitution is legal, though regulated. Fine, you say. But why should prostitution be considered any kind of crime?