[Havoc]

Well to me there is a difference between child molesters/rapists and the simple perverts who get off on young teens. The difference being that the former will force the act and the latter will want consensual sex. To the law there may not be a difference but morally I think there is a huge difference because at the end of the day the perverts aren't out to hurt the kids and rapists are.

Also, Perverted Justice uses 18+ year olds for their traps which basically means that any physical attraction to the bait isn't actually illegal because any guy in their 20-30's would find that girl equally attractive. Further more the bait always encourages the behavior. The pervert may initiate the conversation in sex, but there have been cases where the bait invited him over to her house. The bait always asks to bring condoms and confirms that she's willing to have sex voluntarily.

Then the guy makes the stupid decision to accept her invitation and they meet up. There has not been any sex or even touching. But apparently it is illegal to even think about having sex with a minor, which strikes me as a bit weird.

In the end these people are arrested because they were seduced by an 18 year old girl and invited to come over to their house to have sex, while they thought she was underage.

Don't get me wrong, there have been a few big fish they caught this way. People on FBI most wanted lists or dangerous killers who had not yet been caught. But there have also been a lot of average Joe Smoe's who simply lost common sense in their sexual excitement and made a stupid ass decision ("she's a bit young but she seems to really want it so where's the harm?"). It just seems a bit harsh to me to give people like that a 4 year prison sentence.

And yeah I know the entire story about not being adult yet, making bad decisions and all that crap we've been over.