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* And then I would go to prison and probably be killed, certainly changed and damaged mentally for the rest of my life.* My very limited understanding is that
by jimbob45 4y ago
* And then I would go to prison and probably be killed, certainly changed and damaged mentally for the rest of my life.*
My very limited understanding is that the vast majority of these sting cases are dismissed as entrapment and are largely about dissuading others from attempting to solicit in the future. Are there any lawyers on that could speak to this?
- lazide 4y agoNot a lawyer (sorry), but just from following the news it does seem pretty clearly about putting a chilling effect on the marketplace (buyers and sellers, but especially sellers) through fear. Aka ‘making an example’ of someone. The buyers in particular only seem to get named in specific high profile cases or when the authorities feel it’s really out of hand and they need to do something drastic. Similar to drugs frankly. Unlike drugs, it seems extremely rare for anyone involved to actually get more than token jail time unless they are a very large scale madame/pimp (and jail is not, generally, prison).