Gothamist: Parole Board Commissioner Arrested for Setting Up Sex with Children

Spiritof76

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 12:48:59 -0500

"Didn't know the girls were underage"? Does his lawyer not know that even online chats and emails are semi-permanently logged?

FrankMartin

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 12:39:18 -0500

I don't care if he was sent an invitation. He, apparently, made the choice. He got his gear and made the trip and took of his clothes. If you can be entrapped or enticed to do this sort of thing then you have a problem. At 61 I wonder if this is the first time. So of to court and a trial and we see what happens. Sadly he was probably the victim once, it is often the case. But if entrapment helps break the cycle, I'm not sure that bothers me enough to risk more victims.

edEx

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 12:32:06 -0500

Sex offenders must be executed. There is no other solution.

edEx

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 12:31:43 -0500

Sex offenders must be executed. There is no other solution.

Steven

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 11:48:40 -0500

Disgusting. At least find someone who is the legal age.

Wickedson

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 11:11:39 -0500

He didn't do anything. Why is he under arrest?

Felix Hoenikker

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 10:39:26 -0500

5 Someone stick a pencil in my mind's eye.

Quidnam

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 10:14:38 -0500

I know "sex offenders" are about the only class of people with a popularity rating below terrorists and cat killers, but does anyone else find it more than a little problematic that the government created the imaginary illegal scenario and spent months egging this guy on before charging him with "setting up sex with children"? I'm all about catching actual predators, but I hope that authorities are not running roughshod over ethical boundaries and devoting valuable resources to creating "perpetrators" that might not otherwise exist. The fact that such easy publicity is no doubt boosting some DA's political career makes it all the more important to ask a question or two.

FrankMartin

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 10:02:48 -0500

I wonder if this was his first time. He sure went prepared like he has been there before.

sinisterteashop

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 09:18:09 -0500

Arresting pedophiles for online fantasies and online fantasies of murdering and raping pedophiles in prison. Absurd.

JRod5417

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 09:03:59 -0500

"when the police went to to the hotel room, the 61-year-old father of two was "buck naked" and had "condoms, lubricants, sex toys and a camera." All together now...EEWWWWWWWWW.

HowBoutDemCowboys

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 09:02:58 -0500

Why is it always the holier-than-thou Republicans that get caught doing the worst things?

Dirk

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 09:01:45 -0500

He's going to have a great time behind bars... a child molester and the parole board commissioner. Wait until his fellow inmates find out.

Jen Chung

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 08:51:15 -0500

It's a pretty icky case. I wonder whether any of the prisoners up for parole will try to appeal their decisions. One of the prisoners was Mark David Chapman!

ides_of_march

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 08:40:36 -0500

"Our government must do more to keep dangerous, sexually violent predators away from children and women." A bullet behind the ear will do the trick. Recidivism rate: zero.