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What could they have spent their resources on that would have benefited you and I? Could any of this be construed as entrapment?

... that would have benefited you and me. Personally, I find that removing a pedophile like this from the community benefits my neices (I don't have a daughter but I have five neices).

I'm sure a sleezy lawyer will try to argue the entrapment angle, but unless they contacted him first, sought him out and tried to lure him into the encounter (seems a little pushy for a 13-yr old girl so it probably wouldn't be a very effective technique for catching pedophiles who tend to be predatory by nature), I doubt such a defense will fly with even a gullible jury -- let alone a judge who would rule on such questions.

"I'm sure a sleezy lawyer will try to argue the entrapment angle."

I personally don't consider it entrapment, and I'm glad this creep has been arrested. However, lawyers are hired/appointed to vigorously represent their clients, so we should all bear in mind that when they put forward arguments to help their client, they are not being sleazy, they are being (believe it or not) ethical attorneys, i.e., doing their job regardless of their personal beliefs.

People love to bash lawyers, but the alternative is anarchy and vigilantism.

Anyway, are pedophiles the stupidest criminals around? This kind of sting has been going on for years.