how depressing is this? Scott Ritter goes to prison

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132. You're mischaracterizing my position.

"According to court testimony, by 2004, when he stopped attending therapy, Ritter had made an almost daily habit of trying to meet adult women from the chat rooms, in cars or out-of-the-way places, so they could watch him masturbate. (Ritter maintains that he never engaged with an actual minor online, and there’s no evidence to suggest he did, beyond his interactions with undercover police officers in chat rooms for over-18-year-olds.) In 2007, he started using the webcam instead. He admits he couldn’t stop. "

Entrapment:

"In criminal law, entrapment is conduct by a law enforcement agent inducing a person to commit an offense that the person would otherwise have been unlikely to commit.[1] In many jurisdictions, entrapment is a possible defense against criminal liability. However, there is no entrapment where a person is ready and willing to break the law and the government agents merely provide what appears to be a favorable opportunity for the person to commit the crime."

Given the details provided, IMO he was entrapped. He wasn't actively seeking minors - he "would have been unlikely to commit" this offense otherwise. But when pedophilia is involved our Puritan righteousness takes over and there's an unstoppable rush to judgement.

I don't believe he's a pedo and I feel sorry for him.