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Oct 25, 2006 5:00 AM (12 days ago)
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BALTIMORE -

Charges against ex-professor Britton lack one thing: evidence

The excellent article on Brandy Britton and the prostitution charges she faces in Howard County (“Sex, lies & a Ph.D.,” Oct. 23) was particularly interesting because there was no mention of evidence.

Maybe the police found tons of condoms, personal lubricant and prostitution-focused Web sites, but do they have any evidence that she sold sex for money? The reporter quotes Britton as saying, “I don’t trade sex for money.” Can the Howard County police prove otherwise?

Neighbors peeping through their blinds may have seen luxury cars at Britton’s house and various men entering and leaving. But do they know what went on inside the house? They can speculate all they want, but that’s not evidence.

Assuming there was a search warrant, what evidence did they offer the judge who signed it other than that Britton apparently advertised an escort service and men visited her house?

Robert A. Erlandson
Towson

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