Backpage: Backpage.com Trial Begins in Phoenix With Jury Selection

PHOENIX - The trial of former Backpage.com owners Mike Lacey and Jim Larkin began yesterday in Phoenix, Arizona with the federal prosecutors and the defense questioning prospective jurors about their knowledge of the case or other potential biases. The jury selection process continued today. According to Phoenix-based journalist Stephen Lemons - who has been covering the case closely since its inceptions and currently writes for Front Page Confidential, the last remaining outlet of the once powerful Village Voice Media organization headed by Lacey and Larking - "the grueling process of picking a jury in the Lacey/Larkin trial played...