sorry
Uh, no. This was not entrapment. The news is full of reports of undercover officers posing as teenagers on the 'Net- you'd have to be blind & deaf or in denial (or totally arrogant) not to know this is going on.
Entrapment is only the case if the suspect does not have a propensity for a history with the kind of crime they bait him with. Not the case here- he had over 6 months of back & forth and cultivated the situation and physically showed up to consumate things. And, in the arrest report, he admitted he went there to have sex with a 14 yr old.
If it was your child, you'd know the potential "hurt by their actions" would feel like. Duh. Sexual predators are EVERYWHERE- to just sit back and say,
"y'know, speeders and drunk drivers kill a higher volume of people, so let's just let the pervs do their thing and concentrate on volume and not worry about the predator here and there- after all, it's just one or two kids at a time they're harming" (and this is all under the assumption this is an osolated incident- these rarely are).
> Spying and entrapment make sense when you're talking about
> an enemy of the country wishing to nuke several cities. In
> this case the police would be better served to use cameras
> to entrap Florida drivers who run red lights. Far more
> people are hurt by their actions.
>
>
> > Haven't you noticed you're standing alone on this one?
> >
> > Big Brother- Nazi- Communist. Lil' paranoid, are we? By
> > the tone of your responses, maybe you also engage in some
> > sort of strange, ugly behavious, as well, and are looking
> > over YOUR shoulder? Makes us wonder.
> >
> > (for the record, I find the current President's spying
> > posture totally distasteful, disgusting and impeachable.
> I
> > also find your stand on Law Enforcement traps
> questionable.
> > Entrapment is one thing and that is wrong.
> > This was not a case of entrapment- he had propensity for
> the
> > act and repeated it over a 6+ month period. HE STEPPED IN
>
> > IT, nobody dragged him kicking and screaming, and he's
> > admited it! Check out the arrest record with the Citrus
> > County Sheriff's Department).
> >
> > > Well you stand by a lie, and you misconstrued what I
> said.
> >
> > > I said nothing positive about what he did.
> > > What I said, was that Law enforcement setting traps is
> > > unfair. Quite Big Brother of them. Apparently you think
> in
> >
> > > the same manner.
> > > I suppose you back the President spying on the American
> > > public as well. So do you vote Socialist, Communist, or
> > Nazi?
> > >
> > >
> > > > Your comments were very clear and obvious- poor Adam
> > Cook,
> > >
> > > > they baited him and that's unfair. But, I give you
> > points
> > >
> > > > for making such an effort to backtrack.
> > > >
> > > > I stand by my statement.
> > > >
> > > > > > Oldies Cat, I think you better read my comments
> > again.
> > >
> > > > > How dare you even suggest that I defended what he
> did.
> >
> > > > > I said he errored in judgment.
> > > > > I in NO WAY defended or excused what he did.
> > > > >
> > > > > I do NOT agree with law enforcement baiting a trap
> for
> >
> > > > > someone, and I certainly think that 14 year olds
> > should
> > > be
> > > >
> > > > > kept off the net knowing what is out there to access
>
> > > > (quite
> > > > > easily I might add).
> > > > >
> > > > > Although in this case the 14 year old is fictitious,
>
> > > > parents
> > > > > have got to start taking on some accountablity too.
> > The
> > > > net
> > > > > is no place for anyone under 18. Period.
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
