"Dateline" Judged by Jury

61. i wish every sicko pedophile would shoot themselves in the face. Screw his family, i don't shed one tear for them.

besides, killing himself is a lot easier than what the other inmates would have done to him. Although they are all criminals, they don't take to kindly to child molesters in jail

Posted at 5:03PM on Feb 26th 2008 by iowa girl

62. For all of you who keep referring this this guy as a pediphile of little girls you might want to read the artical again. He was trying to do a 13 year old BOY

Posted at 5:03PM on Feb 26th 2008 by Heidi

63. "DID THE LAWYER EVER HEAR OF A CITIZENS ARREST? As far as i know the people who work for Dateline are US citizens."

Fortunately, unlike you, most lawyers actually understand how the law works.

Have you watched the Dateline show? The people are not making a citizens arrest (do you even know what that is, legally?). The police, quite obviously if you saw the show, were the ones making the arrest. They subcontracted law enforcement duties (the investigation) to a group with shady tactics (hence why all these cases were thrown out in Texas, and have been in other parts of the country as well - they can't attest to the sanctity of the "evidence" they provide).

In a citizens arrest, a citizen actually 1) makes the physical arrest; thus, you can sue such person for false arrest/unlawful restraint, among other torts, if you are not guilty (that's the accountability aspect of a citizens arrest); and 2) must be the signatory to the complaint against the defendant (i.e., it's not the "people of the state of" wherever prosecuting the defendant, it's the actual citizen) and must appear as the "state's witness" against that person (in place of the police). The fact that the police were present, were privy to the evidence before hand, participated in the sting, actually made the physical arrest and finally, will appear as state's witnesses against the defendants, precludes this from being a citizens arrest.

Posted at 5:04PM on Feb 26th 2008 by IIIIIII

64. "Entrapment"? "He did nothing wrong"? Excuse me! He tried to have sex with a 13-year-old boy! You don't think that's wrong, Steven? Well, then I look forward to seeing your perverted a$$ on Dateline!

Posted at 5:06PM on Feb 26th 2008 by Lulabelle

65. GOOD.....BURN IN HELL ....i'M SO GLAD THIS SHOW IS ON.......if you go after youths for sex, be gone w/ ya.....go away...and this one did! good ridance!

Posted at 5:09PM on Feb 26th 2008 by just my input

66. I'm usually a very compassionate person but I have a little boy and
girl now and i support "to catch a predator." Without the cameras on
those men we may never know that the guy down the street may actually
be a child molestor. I have no sympathy for him or his family. harsh
but true.

Posted at 5:10PM on Feb 26th 2008 by r

67. to a group with shady tactics (hence why all these cases were thrown out in Texas, and have been in other parts of the country as well - This is not true. You get your facts straight. Why were these cases thrown out? Not because of shady tactics because the people were upset it was happening in there town. They put pressure on the public officials to drop all charges so Dateline would stay out of there town. There were told not to do a sting in this town before they did. I am glad I know a town I won't be moving too.

Some of these men are on probation for already breaking the law once. No one makes these men get into chat rooms or get to the house and take there clothes off. I am glad that Dateline shows us what these men look like. I am glad my kids are able to see that a molster is not just a creepy man riding around in a van with tinted windows. We all need to protect are children.

Posted at 5:14PM on Feb 26th 2008 by Come on

68. GOOD!!! I'M GLAD HE'S DEAD!! HE WANTED TO HAVE SEXUAL REALATIONS WITH A CHILD!!!!!! HIS SISTER MUST BE A PERVERT TOO!!! EVERYONE KNOWS ABOUT THE SHOW, HOW STUPID CAN YOU BE TO CONTINUE, KNOWING THAT THERE IS A POSSIBILITY IT'S THE SHOW!

Posted at 5:16PM on Feb 26th 2008 by BYE BYE CHILE MOLESTOR

69. Better him to take his own life instead of ruining a child's. Although this was a decoy, who knows how many children could have been abused by this man.

Posted at 5:22PM on Feb 26th 2008 by Sofia5

70. Dateline is not a government entity and has no power and no right to do what it does. This is America, not Mexico or Red China. Dateline should not only have to pay up but it should be taken off the air and its executives tossed in prison for treason.

Posted at 5:52PM on Feb 26th 2008 by GGTW

71. The more I think about it, the less sorry I feel for his family. How dare they sue??? They should be ashamed of themselves for harboring a dangerous criminal! I pray the judge comes to his senses and tosses the case out of court.

Posted at 5:20PM on Feb 26th 2008 by Habanera

72. This whets my appetite. Now I wanna know ALL ABOUT CHRIS HANSEN'S PRIVATE LIFE! Every skeleton in his closet must be exposed! This goes for the television crew's ! I want to see every detail about the policemen's life. Is he racist? Is he a neo-gestapo? ETC! ETC! Then, and only then, will I decide about the invasion of the privacy of a U.S. citizen! Heck no! I 've already decided that this may just be the start of Dateline, et al, sticking their perverted sense of justice in the lives of the average, God-fearing citizen.

Speaking of fearing God, you people out there stop playing HIM! You are not qualified for the job!

Posted at 5:27PM on Feb 26th 2008 by Prude

73. I, for one think that Dateline does a great service to our community by exposing these freaks.

Posted at 5:42PM on Feb 26th 2008 by Gigi

74. He's a pedophile and deserves what he got. The choice was his. It is acknowledged that what he did was wrong. But what happened to the "DUE PROCESS OF LAW". Arrest him. But dont go with a TV crew in tow. Has this country come to such low levels that EVEN the law has to be on reality TV. Sick, dumb couch potatoes everyone extolling the police. They did not give precedence to the process. They declared him guilty in public opinion before the courts had a chance to do that. WHAT difference is this between our country and some third world despot ruled country.

Posted at 4:51PM on Feb 27th 2008 by logicalMan

75. How many times had the dead DA prosecuted persons whose lives were trashed by the press, even before they were convicted or found not guilty? Did he care about the damage and trauma suffered by defendants' families? Had he ever asked the press to remain silent about indictments he initiated? What is happening in this case is simply the perpetuation of institutionalized special treatment enjoyed by those who work in law enforcement, when they find themselves accused of a crime. The police, prosecutors, judges and grand jurors should all suffer the ultimate penalty for betrayal of the public trust. They should be executed, and their families made to pay the cost of the execution.

Posted at 7:10PM on Mar 8th 2008 by Chris Coughlin