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"To Catch A Predator" Has Caught 300 In 12 Stings

By David Badertscher, PLL

Source: Crime & Justice News

"The investigative NBC series "To Catch a Predator"

has caught flak from civil libertarian critics, but it gets

cheers on at least one college campus. The Kansas

State Collegian says "Predator" host Chris Hansen

got a standing ovation from a packed ballroom when

he spoke at the university this week. The series

involves luring men who are potential sexual

predators into online conversations with actors

pretending to be underage girls. The actors get the

men to agree to a meeting at a house; when they

arrive, Hansen confronts them.

"The whole thing started about four years ago when a

friend of mine told me about the Perverted Justice

Web Site," Hansen said. Perverted Justice is a group

that has been running sex predator stings since 2004

and teamed up with NBC to broaden the scope of its

effectiveness. One alleged sex offender walked into

the house unclothed. 'Never in my four years of taking

classes at Michigan State University did they teach you

how to interview a naked man,' Hansen said. The

program has caught 300 would-be sexual predators

in 12 stings. 'All but a couple dozen have been or are

being prosecuted,' he said. 'Of those, 140 have either

pleaded guilty or have been found guilty.'"

Kansas State Collegian - http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0016uzC2KlQMjuvx62Y9D3fsyB-PM4d4m1PgvmTTWh3qStkpPGzDj7PEihia6WVxuRSywh3sWMTH8404nUC6Dl0B-LiiX96qdayzOwArhV8q8A_5i08e0fiyKVhzcw9JgfE6tMmRYsOmc1NR55T2S9l3arf6WG_pi47EDqIDbSH_iRnuWr4IKcm1GrnZ2cZh6zseX3zayWAj9Mq1bUrBb1APYhd089ytYOjMaHdp_6mn-b9a3jhxJgAH8vfkZiRc6hIO6eRQvoaZIlZfCUcBNLooPmJpGK9NZdkYZZ3fx_GA93VgUTDkezITA==

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Full post as published by New York Supreme Court Criminal Term Library on April 18, 2008 (boomark / email).