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Texas DA won't prosecute people caught in the Dateline Predator sting
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The DA knew what was going to happen.
Had he been willing to push, he coul dhave assigned police officers to cover his concerns.
At present, he now looks bad due to the death and does not want to taint his hands any further.
Had he been willing to push, he coul dhave assigned police officers to cover his concerns.
At present, he now looks bad due to the death and does not want to taint his hands any further.
flashbacck
Golden Member
I don't think an entrapment defense would work since the defendent would have to show that he was induced by the cops to commit it. In this case, a number of defendents came willingly from out of town. They had every opportunity to turn around and go home, but they chose not to.
rbV5
Lifer
Clearly the DA had jurisdiction over the 24 cases where some guy showed up in Murphy to molest one of the town's young boys. I guess you can also ignore Perverted Justice's overwhelming conviction rate or the amount of pervs that cop a plea without ever needing to be humiliated in trial.
I'd be pissed at the DA in my county.
rbV5
Lifer
Police were involved, as was the City Manager...it was the Mayor and City council who were out of the loop, which makes perfect sense to me.
I'm sure THIS DA is right, and Perverted Justice and all the rest of the DA's involved in "To Catch a Predator" have been wrong.
The fact is, "To catch a Predator" is doing the job that that particular DA "should" be doing himself.
Since he is not, he should be helping them in any way he can instead of putting up roadblocks in the guise of some procedural nonsense. Makes it sound to me like he is protecting "someone", or his "territory" instead of the "kids" in his county.
Looks like Perverted Justice has no trouble with convictions operating just as they did in Murphy Texas, why does "this" DA think they will in his court room? are Texas laws protecting the pervs, or is it law enforcement?
<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: rbV5
I think its odd that the community went after the City Manager, and were more upset with the camera crews than the pervs....maybe they don't want the light shining in, 'specially from outsiders........only in Texas I guess.</end quote></div>
from my understanding of the story, the pedos weren't from that city (or at least most of them), but were rather lured there for the sting operation. people were upset that the city manager made the decision to bring pedos into town in return for cash.
and, of course, technically it's not pedo to be attracted to someone with fully developed secondary sexual characteristics.
I think its odd that the community went after the City Manager, and were more upset with the camera crews than the pervs....maybe they don't want the light shining in, 'specially from outsiders........only in Texas I guess.</end quote></div>
from my understanding of the story, the pedos weren't from that city (or at least most of them), but were rather lured there for the sting operation. people were upset that the city manager made the decision to bring pedos into town in return for cash.
and, of course, technically it's not pedo to be attracted to someone with fully developed secondary sexual characteristics.
mugs
Lifer
People are stupid. They lured these guys to a specific house where they were confronted and arrested. What do people think is going to happen? As the pedophile is driving through their town to his destination, is he going to rape random children along the way? Or after he is arrested and released, is he going to say to himself "oh, I really liked that town. I think I'll go there and rape children." Do these people think pedophiles are unaware of their town and will start raping their children now that they know of it?
playstation3
Member
texas condones genocide??? wtf
Mallarddrake44
Member
although its done for TV its still breaking the law...i live close to dallas and i dont want these men to go uncharged!
rbV5
Lifer
Well, I doubt "not prosecuting" a couple dozen pervs that came to their town to molest their children is going to be much of a deterrent..... and yes I think it may make their little town a little more attractive to those bastards.
Murphy is only a little smaller than my town, and I welcome Dateline or Perverted Justice to pull their little pedo party over here.
JeffreyLebowski
Lifer
That's just it, most people aren't going to fight it because they don't want to be the one that gets dragged through the newspapers as a pedophile trying to get out of it.
I for one am glad that the DA here stood up and saw what was really going on. I bet you can go through the chat logs that Dateline and perverted justice handed over and find out that they are really the ones that initiated the whole ordeal. RATINGS=$$$ It's been proven time and time again that people will do anything and lie about anything to make a buck.
I'm not saying that these guys are right for wanting to meet little kids, but I think the people running perverted justice have been doing it long enough that they know just how to get the guy that wouldn't do it, and have him show up.
Also, since the person chatting for perverted justice is not a law enforcement official, anything in the chat log would thusly be un-admissible in court as it was written by an adult pretending to be a child, thus the entire chat session was fantasy. And arresting someone for showing up at the house is also speculative as you can shw intent, but not actual commitment of a crime, especially since there is no child there.
The DA is refusing to try these men not because he thinks they are all saints and pillars of the community, he isn't trying them because due process laws were not followed thus if he tried them and someone appealed and over turned it, the city/county would be sued for a sh!t load of money.
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