It's not entrapment. A young girl (decoy) propositioning strangers on the internet for sex - that is entrapment. A young girl decoy just sitting on the internet, letting the strangers start the conversation, letting the strangers bring up sex, while making their age clear - that's not entrapment at all.
Perverted justice has firm rules - they never start the conversation. Once the conversation starts, they talk only about innocent subjects (where are you from, school, family, etc.) until and unless the stranger brings up sex and starts propositioning them. That's not entrapment.
Dateline's rules are even a little stricter - they use Perverted Justice's volunteers, but also coordinate with the local LE.
JMO, but there are two reasons for this. First, I think there's a little backlash where Murphy residents are upset that their community might look like they've got a bunch of pedos - ruins property values, etc. The DA might also be feeling like it shows he wasn't doing his job.
But I think the bigger issue is that they didn't notify all the higher ups about this sting, and that meant that the one former DA that was caught didn't get his warning. I think that's what the DA's office or other higher ups is uspet about - that they didn't get a warning - that the next sting might catch them! Maybe they aren't a pedophile - maybe it's drugs, maybe it's bribes, who knows. Maybe they're worried about a friend, maybe it's a form of protecting a boss in hopes of a promotion - but I think that's the big problem in this little town.
Perverted justice has firm rules - they never start the conversation. Once the conversation starts, they talk only about innocent subjects (where are you from, school, family, etc.) until and unless the stranger brings up sex and starts propositioning them. That's not entrapment.
Dateline's rules are even a little stricter - they use Perverted Justice's volunteers, but also coordinate with the local LE.
JMO, but there are two reasons for this. First, I think there's a little backlash where Murphy residents are upset that their community might look like they've got a bunch of pedos - ruins property values, etc. The DA might also be feeling like it shows he wasn't doing his job.
But I think the bigger issue is that they didn't notify all the higher ups about this sting, and that meant that the one former DA that was caught didn't get his warning. I think that's what the DA's office or other higher ups is uspet about - that they didn't get a warning - that the next sting might catch them! Maybe they aren't a pedophile - maybe it's drugs, maybe it's bribes, who knows. Maybe they're worried about a friend, maybe it's a form of protecting a boss in hopes of a promotion - but I think that's the big problem in this little town.