My point is, when the intention is clear, an attempted crime should itself be treated as a crime. What's more, if people weren't so damn emotional about everyt

My point is, when the intention is clear, an attempted crime should itself be treated as a crime. What's more, if people weren't so damn emotional about everything, since it's very hard to prove someones intention, cases like the one in the article should be thrown out before ever reaching a judge. The real evil in this story, I would say, is the typical "innocent until suspected guilty" approach people tend to have for certain crimes, specially when children are involved. Let's be honest, the scenario of the article didn't prove anything. It gave some indication that maybe the guy was attempting to commit a crime, so he should never have been convicted of anything.