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No that is coercion. Entrapment is: “ An affirmative defense in which a defendant alleges that police officers acquired the evidence necessary to commence a c
by sirspacey 5y ago
No that is coercion.
Entrapment is:
“ An affirmative defense in which a defendant alleges that police officers acquired the evidence necessary to commence a criminal prosecution of the defendant by inducing the defendant to engage in a criminal act which the defendant would not otherwise have committed.”
Of course, the debate is “not otherwise committed” but hypotheticals are not a basis for “beyond reasonable doubt.”