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From Alejandro Bodipo-Memba with the Detroit Free Press."The issue is entrapment. Although the Internet crimes unit can respond to predators seeking sex with minors, it cannot initiate the offers. Often, however, it can be hard to determine who initiated contact when dealing with groups like Perverted Justice." For the Full Article, Click Here.
From the same article:
"We've read some of the chats that the Web site has done, and Wayne County prosecutors have told us that . . . it's unlikely they would sign an arrest warrant based on the techniques used by Perverted Justice," said William Liczbinski, an investigator with the Wayne County Sheriff's Internet Crime Unit. "In fact, three cases that I had set up for arrests were spoiled, and those people will probably get away with it because of the recent publicity about what they do."
For the Full Article, Click Here.
News Alert: Michael Berglin of Pravda has just published an article regarding PJ.
Oregonlive.com Woman sues TV station over Perverted Justice bust.
Philadelphia Inquirer:
Delaware County Pa. Considers Charges Against TV Station Airing "Sting"
Sacramento Bee:
Child-porn probe used first live Internet wiretap
NH Judge Rules Against Chat Logs
From PJ Buster:
"PJ is not an accredited organization. It is not a registered entity; not for profit nor charitable organization.
The PJ web site, its motivations or methods, is not endorsed nor supported by any child protection/advocacy organization.
The PJ web site, its motivations or methods, is not endorsed nor supported by any legal department, branch, state or federal law enforcement agency.
PJ is not endorsed or supported by any institute of higher learning, including any member accredited teachers or professors.
PJ agents do not have training/certification of any kind."
From Mike Wendland, a respected reporter with The Detroit Free Press:
"Police and more established Internet safety groups agree, citing the potential to do irreparable damage to someone's reputation by what amounts to hearsay."
"Catching real pedophiles is a job for the professionals," said Katya Gifford, program manager for the Internet child protection group CyberAngels (www.cyberangels.org)."
From KHOU TV (free registration required):
"The Attorney General's office has a cyber crime unit that exposes pedophiles. They are trained professionals. The perverted justice vigilante posting information on most of the men in Texas is a pregnant housewife."
KCTV5 Discussion Board regarding their recent series.
From a WBAL Baltimore news article:
"Lee Tien, Electronic Frontier Foundation: "You've got some fairly sleazy people being looked at by a lot of other sleazy people. It's not a very pretty sight." Lee Tien is an attorney for the San Francisco-based Electronic Frontier Foundation. The foundation focuses on civil liberty issues including privacy and free speech. Tien and other critics don't think the Perverted Justice Web site is justice at all. They're concerned the exposure could send real predators into hiding"
From Penn Live:
" "We want to make sure they
are not luring pedophiles into our neighborhoods," said Police Chief Lee
Hunter, who called the "Perverted Justice" project dangerous and
unethical."From Salon.com:
"Osako (Ed. Note: a Yahoo! representative) says that chatters should report objectionable content to Yahoo at the e-mail address abuse@yahoo.com, where it will be reviewed within 24 hours, and that the company passes on relevant tips to the appropriate federal agencies, such as the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Groups such as CyberAngels also recommend informing service providers and federal authorities of any misbehavior, in lieu of the vigilante justice of Perverted Justice."
From WAVE TV Channel 3 Louisville, Ky.
" "But FBI spokesman David Beyer told us the tactics used by the staffers at www.perverted-justice.com are over the line. "Anytime the public gets involved in something of this nature, they run the risk of civil liability, perhaps criminal liability. They have the potential of identifying the wrong person." "
From KSTP TV:
"Perverted Justice doesn't care whether authorities take action. They have already sentenced both men to public shame plastering their photos and chat logs on the web for the whole world to see."
More information pro and con regarding Perverted Justice can be found on the following links:
2theadvocate.com One of the more disturbing articles, with a quote from "Harvey", one of the PJ operators:
"We're increasingly becoming an arm of law enforcement, which is what we've wanted to do all along," she said.
"Ideally we'd like to see the police given enough funding for them to be able to do this," she said. "That doesn't seem likely. We'll keep Perverted Justice as a volunteer nonprofit until then."
The Chicago Tribune (Free registration required) Did vigilante catch pedophile, or wreck a life?
The Chicago Tribune (Free registration required) Cops cruise Internet for child molesters.
Com.com DNS opens networks to data attacks. How secure is Perverted Justice;s server in light of this information.
The Daily Nebraskan: Perverted-Justice.com Just Perveted.
CNN: FBI unveils program to target child pornographers.
Detroit Free Press. Police recruit online posse.
The Detroit News. Online Vigilantes Hunt Pedophiles.
The Gainesville Sun. Police: Man tried to lure teen online.
Google (Usenet) Messages. (graphic content).
Govtech.net Online Vigilantes. Are citizens' groups overstepping their bounds in trying to reduce crime?
" Jones said he's worked cases where Perverted Justice got in the way of criminal investigators. "We've had them hit on undercover operations we were going on," Jones said. "Law enforcement has gone back to them and said 'Hey, we're working this site. Back off.' They basically go, 'Screw you. We're doing what we want.'" "
Hollister Free Lance. A local man has hired an attorney and plans to sue a watchdog Internet organization after the group accused him of soliciting sex with an underage girl over the Web, and sent flyers to his neighborhood claiming he was a pedophile.
The Marshfield Mail. Editorial.
NLECTC. The National Institute of Justice is the research and development agency of the U.S. Department of Justice. NLECTC is a program of NIJ's Office of Science and Technology.
Article regarding Perverted Justice.
No to Perverted Justice. Opinion site.
Perverted Justice not welcome in Canada.
The Philadelphia Inquirer. Delco may file in court against TV show on molesters.
Phoenix New Times. Article: "Perverting Justice".
Port Huron Times Herald. Port Huron man faces 20 years in prison.
Shrubtopography Forums. Discussion Group.
Stinkzone.com Discussion Group.
Wired News. Porn Hunters Unwelcome in Canada? (Note: not related directly to Perverted Justice).
WTVO TV. Bank Teller's Phone Number Mistakenly Posted on Predator Website.
Chatmag supports petition to install live monitors in Yahoo! chat rooms.
Man Busted by Wayne County Michigan Deputies. This is how it is done, the legal way, not the PJ way.
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