Didn’t claim otherwise. Just find the concept disturbing. Sort of a thought crime.
He was not just “thinking about it” he was acting on doing the crime.
A thought crime is when you imagine playing with yourself in front of a 15 year old and you have a smile on your face, he actually did it while convinced she was watching.
big difference there, they can prove intent after he was told her age. This case is just like hiring a hitman to kill your husband and the guy turned out to be a undercover cop, their husband was never in any real danger yet, but once the money changed hands (or in this case the pants dropped) you're toast.
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Oh, you mean because he “thought” he was actually committing a crime?