As bad as the Backpage case is in it's own right (the DoJ tried to twist the company trying to help them as evidence of how "evil" they are), it would be a pretty bad precedent to set, if a judge doesn't shut this down.

The previous judge had a conflict of interest in being married to a politician who has a vested interest in them going down. Even then, the prosecution went so far, that even she was forced to declare a mistrial. I hope they can get a fresh judge who is actually impartial.