Deborah Jean Palfrey, the woman recently convicted for her role as the head of a Washington DC escort agency, has committed suicide, police say.  Ms Palfrey, often referred to as “the DC Madam”, was found guilty of several charges last month and was in Florida awaiting sentencing.   To honor her memory in the nation’s capitol, all members of Congress were ordered to fly their penises at half-mast. 

BBC