Re: [news] TV station sets cybersex sting

[phelix@vallnet.com]

On 5 Nov 1997 22:24:09 -0600, Anonymous <anon@anon.efga.org> wrote:

>
>>*** TV station sets cybersex sting
>
>>With cyperporn and cybersex ranking as sensational news items on
>>local TV stations, Fox's Los Angeles outlet has taken the trend a
>>step further by ensnaring adult sexual predators. KTTV's Fox 11 News
>>at 10 worked with a 21-year-old woman posing as a 14-year-old to
>>conduct cybersting operations that led to the arrests of five men.
>>KTTV used the unnamed woman as bait, having her enter online chat
>>rooms where she was immediately targeted. The station filmed the
>>online seductions as well as the arrests of the men, who included an
>>attorney, a doctor, a retired Army officer and an investigator for
>>the Dept. of Labor. See story at
>>http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=5777644-464
>
>And then they tricked a real 14 year old girl into meeting with them and
>having sex so that maybe, if they really, really tried very hard, they 
>could argue that a real crime had been committed, right?
>
>Didn't think so. 

And what will happen in court if these guys claim that they assumed that
the girl was really an older person pertending to be a 14 yr. old girl and
that they were just engaging in a little fantasy play?  Or have
thoughtcrimes finally become a reality?

-- Phelix