Re: Pedophile that hasn\'t acted yet. Legal action?
Whats the deal with convictions on the cases from the show?
Ive never heard of one going to trial when these threads pop up every so often - if it does go to a court of law, what charges are brought forth and do they get convicted of them?
I could be wrong cos im no lawyer, but i believe here in the UK grooming is a specific named crime and since a lot of our modern laws are modelled on the US system i wouldnt be shocked if its a crime over there where you have Meghans Law.
As for the case in the OP, i havent read the link but from what ive read in the thread i have no moral objection to him being free - i just think there should be some incentive for people who have padophilic impulses to seek councelling with legally protected anonimity (which 100% will be broken by a newspaper anyway "for the good of the public").
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