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Tr0gd0r17 t1_j0g0zd9 wrote

A person can’t be charged with a crime solely for admitting to it without any other substantiating evidence. The fancy Latin term for it is corpus delicti. For example bragging that you killed someone just to look dangerous and tough. I’ve been a defense attorney for years and never had someone brag about or admit to touching a kid outside of an interrogation for no reason so that probably makes this one pretty obvious. It will definitely cause them to investigate further and hopefully at that point they can really figure out what’s going on. I hope I’m wrong and this fucker was just saying crazy shit for no reason and never actually touched the kids. But given this situation it doesn’t look good. I really hope those little ones are ok. But if they look into it I’d bet the evidence is there.

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TacoNomad t1_j0g8kzh wrote

It's still probable cause to detain and search, no? Isn't it 48 hours to charge someone once detained? Based on everything we know about pedophiles, and the circumstances of the arrest, it's unlikely that he was lying.

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