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Rapped by `Dateline,' DA Goes to `20/20'

Friday, 7-Sep-2007 05:10PM EDT
Story from AP. Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press (via ClariNet)

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DALLAS - After a "Dateline NBC" segment criticized a district attorney for not pursuing more than 20 child-sex cases spotlighted in one of the program's "To Catch a Predator" hidden-camera stings in suburban Dallas, he's taking his case to a rival network news show.

Collin County District Attorney John Roach declined to be interviewed for "Dateline's" Wednesday program, calling it a "hit piece." But he will appear Friday evening on ABC News' "20/20" to say that Murphy police allowed "Dateline" to take control of the sting.

Roach on Thursday blamed Murphy police for not supplying essential facts and evidence in the case.

"You know, it may be that those confessions - if they are confessions - are admissible and it may be that they are not," he said in Friday's editions of The Dallas Morning News. "But I sure as hell would like to know what all the facts are before I make that decision."

On the "Dateline" program, correspondent Chris Hansen chastised Roach for not accepting an interview request.

Said Roach: "I declined to speak with Mr. Hansen because I knew darn well what the purpose of the interview would be and what his goals were. It left out a lot of important things, and I think viewers will be able to see them on the `20/20' show."

A spokeswoman for "Dateline" had no comment on Roach's upcoming appearance on "20/20."

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