Convicted of sex crimes, but with no victims

Re:Convicted of sex crimes, but with no victims by DarkWiiPlayer on Friday August 28, 2020 @02:51AM (#24302046)

I think it's less about whether or not actually intending to commit a crime should be punished, but about whether there was ever such an intention in the first place.

The article makes it sound like this person didn't really believe that the person he was talking to was only 13 years old and, given some of the messages mentioned in the article, that sounds reasonable.

He was talking to a bunch of adult using the photo of an adult woman. People on the internet are not exactly known for never bullshitting people just for the lulz.

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Re:Convicted of sex crimes, but with no victims by Natsu on Friday August 28, 2020 @12:18PM (#24306690)

The problem here is that this is just the pedo version of asking a prostitute if she's a cop and the intention is exactly the same--to limit the police's ability to catch them.

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Re:Convicted of sex crimes, but with no victims by kergonath on Friday August 28, 2020 @01:15PM (#24307405)

No, the problem is that the people being caught aren't "them" (the actual paedophiles you would actually want to get) in the first place.

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Re:Convicted of sex crimes, but with no victims by Natsu on Friday August 28, 2020 @07:46PM (#24311745)

Speak for yourself, I don't have a problem with going after people trying to have sex with people who claim they're 13.

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