to catch a predator?

Question

tell me where im wrong. someone goes undercover as a teen. a man talks to them and tells the undercover that he wants to _____ her vagina. the guy goes to the house and then he talks to the host. the host asks him whats he doing there and puts the nasty **** on the spot. the guy leaves and he geta arrested and charged with trying to **** a minor. ok good. but when did he talk the 12 year old the person he talked to was like 20+ so basically he never talk to a 12 year old right? so then why is he getting in trouble? dont get me wrong i think laws dont punish sick ***** like that hard enough if it was up to me i would have them kill. but are laws are so strict and straight forward and if a search warrant goes down and the cops dont get eviddence legally it cant be used in court not even if its the murder weapon and everyone knows. so yeah i still dont get why they get charged?

Answer 1

its entrapment.

Answer 2

1. The person who is acting as the child tells the predator that they are ____ age at the start of the chat. Without this there is no crime.
2. They don't need a copy of the predator's chat as they have a copy of the decoy's which will be exactly has the predator's. This means that there is no need for a warrant.
3. Though they may be talking like an adult they still are "minors". The ability to articulate is not regulated by a person's age.

Answer 3

One the laws for each state vary. Keep in mind this is television, and therefore not everything is shown, there could be a lot of stupid things that the people this show "catches" are doing, such as consenting to a search and volunteering information without legal advice.

Second most of the states that the show "targets" are states that have laws that effectively read that contacting a minor or a person who *says* that they are a minor for sex is illegal.

Third it's the same thing that happens when a cop poses as a hooker and offers sex for money. They are not a hooker, they are not going to have sex with the John, they are just setting up a fake scenario for people who would normally engage in such activity to take advantage of.

Answer 4

Intent and actions towards having sex with a minor, even if it's an uncover officer. There's not many crimes you can get charge with intent on, but the safety of children is deemed so important special laws are made.
May eventually be a concept for the Supreme Court to decide (that's why we have a Supreme Court at a State and Federal level and they DO have to interpret the constitution - that's their job regardless of what certain partisan boneheads say).

Answer 5

Because the thing is he didn't know her age and he thought it was a 13 year old kid. And if he knew the person was a teen they shouldn't have been doing to begin with. And they keep doing it knowing that the person is a teen.

Answer 6

INTENT!!!!

There intention was to have sex with a minor.
They admit they had knowledge of her under age.

Transcript shows their intention was to have sex with a minor.

So your arguement to try and justify and excuse such behavior is as dispicable as the guys doing this.

Why would anyone criticize such a good idea.
Unless you think its okay to let old men go around preying on underaged kids?

Answer 7

Mistake in the perception of the age of a girl is not a valid defense.

Answer 8

Interesting question, but I really don't care. They all deserve to be locked up. If it wasn't for the decoy, they would've found a real child to talk to.

Answer 9

im watching the show too. Well as long as they get busted by their wife's, employer, and get on his record for life.