Actually I just heard a report about this and the opposite is true. Judges are throwing cases out and convictions are being overturned on appeal, because even though the scum may have thought they were chatting with a 13 year old, if they were really communicating with an adult cop no criome has been committed. The story was about the Dateline stings in particular.
You said -- "Actually I just heard a report about this and the opposite is true. Judges are throwing cases out and convictions are being overturned on appeal, because even though the scum may have thought they were chatting with a 13 year old, if they were really communicating with an adult cop no criome has been committed. The story was about the Dateline stings in particular."
Well, that is certainly interesting. I'm sure the cops are going to say that this makes their "business" more difficult. Others are going to say that this is "coddling" criminals and giving them "rights" that the rest of us don't have (for other sorts of minor or major infractions that some others might get into, in life).
And that's going to create sort of a "furor" with those who are trying to stop this kind of "enticement" over the Internet.
I guess we'll see how it will pan out. It's the first I've heard of that. I'll have to check into it further.
Regards,
Star Traveler