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Originally Posted by JMM
You don't have a good understanding of how this show works, or the constitution.
First of all, the constitution does allow law enforcement the opportunity to entrap in certain circumstances.
Secondly, read the chat logs. The decoy sets up a profile, lists the age, enters the chatroom and waits. They don't solicit anyone and they don't act first. They sit in the chatroom and wait to be contacted.
Finally, nobody is forced to say anything and many of them don't say a word. They are legally entitled to shut up until they get a lawyer. They are the ones that choose to speak and if they are ignorant of their rights, oh well. Perhaps it would be a good idea for them to contact a lawyer and learn all about their rights before they try and solicit sex from 13 year old children online.
Without this show, how many MORE teachers, rabbi's, ministers, cop's, and military personnel would be soliciting sex from children online?
Did you read about the prosecutor's computers? The police experts couldn't even get into it, there were so many locks on the HD's. They had to send the computer to Sony to see if they could get in. Wonder what they are going to find.
I hope the show continues, and even if it doesn't, I hope the stings do, to an even greater extent.
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I said it is arguably against the US Constitution, not that it 'is' against the US Constitution. It is debatable, but what they do is obviously legal as of now.
Also, it is the decoy who brings up sex in most cases, even according to Stone Philips.
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Stone Philips:
In many cases, the decoy is the first to bring up the subject of sex.
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It isn't entrapment, but it is very close. And btw, I do know the law.