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Entrapment laws are a defense from prosecution, and they're different in every state. Normally it's only entrapment if the cop is enticing someone to break a l
by tsotha 13y ago
Entrapment laws are a defense from prosecution, and they're different in every state. Normally it's only entrapment if the cop is enticing someone to break a law he wouldn't have broken otherwise. In this case if the guy was betting on games every Sunday the jury probably would have taken a dim view of an entrapment defense.
The shooting is another issue. The cop is saying it wasn't deliberate, and that's probably true.
- learc83 13y agoI don't know the applicable state law, but from the story he was betting 50 dollars on games every Sunday. The cop spent several months pretending to be his friend and convincing him to bet more and more. It seems to me that he would never have bet anywhere near that much without several months of persuasion by the police. Therefore, if it weren't for the cop pressuring him it is very unlikely he would have ever broken that particular law. Granted it's a moot point, because as you say entrapment is a legal defense and the would-be defendant is dead.