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Best Case Worst Case

193 | A Dangerous Direction

Best Case Worst Case

X-G Productions

True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture

4.13.2K Ratings

🗓️ 4 September 2020

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Why does the New York Times seem to support sex offenders over victims and what does it mean for the future of protecting kids?

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0:00.0

How on earth can we protect children if we don't put people with a sexual interest in children that they've expressed in prison?

0:12.0

The fact is that people who have a sexual interest in children pursue it with a hell of a lot of vigor, and they do it for as long as they possibly can, unless there are some actual interventions.

0:31.0

Hello and welcome to Best Case Wars case. This is Jim Clemente, retired at PI Pro Followed Former in the Ex City Prosecutor and Writer Producer of C.B.S. as Criminal Minds. And what's me today is?

0:46.0

Hi everybody, it's Francie Hakes, Former State and Federal Prosecutor. Jim, I've been traveling on a secret project, but I'm back.

0:54.0

Secret mission.

0:56.0

I had a secret mission. I know you're excited. I'm back.

0:59.0

Well, I was hoping it was a mission to Mars, but I guess if it was a shorter distance, I guess that's okay.

1:05.0

No, such luck, Jim. I'm sorry. You cannot be rid of me that easily.

1:08.0

Well, you know, Francie, I think it would be quite an adventure. I think you should consider it.

1:13.0

Yeah.

1:14.0

And his space is not for me, Jim. Sorry. You'll have to get rid of me some other way.

1:19.0

Well, Francie, what are we going to talk about today?

1:23.0

Well, Jim, I've been outraged as I so often am, although I have to say our fans.

1:29.0

Not at the end of this time.

1:30.0

That's not it you. And our fans, I have to say our listeners. And I listen, it's the hashtag Jim Clemente people.

1:37.0

I just have to call them fans because they are their fans of yours. And they love it when you get outraged. It's crazy. I see it all over Facebook.

1:45.0

All they ever do is say, I love it when Jim Clemente gets mad. And I'm thinking, that's because Jim Clemente isn't getting mad at you.

1:55.0

That's because they're intelligent, wonderful people. Why would I get mad at them?

2:01.0

Yeah, that must be it. But I'm out. I'm outraged this time, Jim, because of an article that came out August the 26th of this year, just, you know, a week ago.

2:12.0

It was in the New York Times magazine. It's called the New York Times magazine. And the byline is one Michael Weinrip. And you know, Jim, just the headline was enough to suck me in and make me very angry.

2:27.0

Here's the headline convicted of sex crimes, but with no victims.

2:33.0

And the highlight is an online sting operation to catch child predators snared hundreds of men. What were they really guilty of?

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