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I posted a story before, they can invent drugs and such and bust you for falling for it. https://www.cato.org/blog/stash-house-stings-when-government-can-inven

I posted a story before, they can invent drugs and such and bust you for falling for it. https://www.cato.org/blog/stash-house-stings-when-government-can-invent-crimes-criminals https://www.cato.org/blog/stash-house-stings-when-government... with regards to asset forfeiture the police routinely take property that does not belong to the criminal but from relatives and friends who can rightfully claim innocence and lack of knowledge. Simple reason is they prey on the poor

jacquesm 9y ago
In other places that's called entrapment, the article makes the distinction that only the first party directly in contact with LEOs can make that claim and everybody else can't. Pretty cheap, but they have to keep those prisons filled somehow. Interesting detail how the invented amount changes the sentencing. Very creative. /s