It hasn't been on in a while I don't think. Apparently one of the predators committed suicide and they stopped.

Oh shit, he's onto me now.

They got a good deal of legal backlash over what they were doing. Some perps got off because of some of technicalities in how that group they were working with operated. Some evidence of entrapment, etc.

Sad really. They were doing a good thing, and I think if the TV show hadn't gotten so popular they might still be doing it. But, it's America. Even pedophiles have rights, even if we wish they didn't.

Maybe this belongs in the politics thread, but I'll post it here because my comment isn't that political.

I was watching To Catch a Predator highlights on youtube and it struck me that Dateline (to my knowledge) has never gone after female predators, instead exclusively targeting males (both gay and straight).

Are there really that few female predators out there? What's the deal, it seems grossly unfair? You're telling me seeing some bitched knocked to the ground and cuffed in a Justin Bieber T-shirt clutching their Twilight collection wouldn't make for awesome television? Come on Chris Hanson.

On a side note, I really hate this kind of double standard. As I like to say, I'm a true feminist. I don't conveniently ignore the double standards that already favor women.

Victims of female predators are more commonly known as "luckiest kids in the world!" So South Park says.

ON a very serious note, I think your observation is a good one, and a healthy one. NOthing makes me angrier then pedophiles and the blind eye turned on them. I will vote for any politician that introduces chemical castration into our legal system. No sympathy, no second chances, eliminate their sex drive. Then put them in an institute for 3-5 years and reprogram them. If that doesn't work put them down. Females too.

I wouldn't mind seeing a little reform within the system. There's a big difference between the 40 year old going after 8 year olds, and the 18 year old that diddles his girlfriend only to have her parents find out and press charges.