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I think the question you have to ask is, is anyone going to be prosecuted solely on the basis of the evidence gathered by this organization? Such a prosecution

I think the question you have to ask is, is anyone going to be prosecuted solely on the basis of the evidence gathered by this organization? Such a prosecution would be impossible in the US and EU, and I would hope, most other places as well. The police cannot in general trust evidence they did not collect themselves. What can happen, though, is that they can open investigations on these individuals and get search warrants. If they find evidence of any other crimes, as I think they are likely to, they can prosecute on that basis.

avalaunch 12y ago
That sounds better and I'd be more likely to be on board with the program if I knew nobody was being prosecuted solely on the information gathered from the sting operation. I'd still have 2 worries: 1) that the Sweetie organizers might accidentally (or purposely) leak the information of the alleged pedophiles to the public, potentially shaming and humiliating an innocent party, and 2) that other organizations might run their own sting operations but fail to do so in an ethical, responsible manner.