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I am most certainly not a lawyer, but from what i've read entrapment is pretty narrowly defined in America. There's a ton of stuff that many people would view a
by tcoff91 5y ago
I am most certainly not a lawyer, but from what i've read entrapment is pretty narrowly defined in America. There's a ton of stuff that many people would view as entrapment that the courts wouldn't consider to be entrapment.
This is one instance though where even from a layperson definition I'm really not sure how this could possibly be interpreted as entrapment.
"The key aspect of entrapment is this: Government agents do not entrap defendants simply by offering them an opportunity to commit a crime. Judges expect people to resist any ordinary temptation to violate the law. An entrapment defense arises when government agents resort to repugnant behavior such as the use of threats, harassment, fraud, or even flattery to induce defendants to commit crimes."[1]
[1] https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/entrapment-basics-33987.html https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/entrapment-basics-33...