Activists said the women involved face the difficult challenge of “stepping out” from a violent, abusive industry that controlled their lives and the people who exploited them.
Cambridge District Court Clerk-Magistrate Sharon Shelfer Casey has until Friday to respond to questions from the Supreme Judicial Court about why the court hearings of alleged clients of a Massachusetts sex ring catering to prominent clientele should be held in public.
Associate Justice Frank M. Gaziano ordered that the clerk-magistrate, Sharon Shelfer Casey, file responses to his questions by 4 p.m. Friday about what the public interest is in opening the magistrate hearings, and how she’s balancing that against the privacy rights of the accused.