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I'm surprised nobody's gone after them for entrapment. IANAL, but my understanding is that the definition of entrapment is inducing someone to commit a crime th
by jonnathanson 13y ago
I'm surprised nobody's gone after them for entrapment. IANAL, but my understanding is that the definition of entrapment is inducing someone to commit a crime that he wouldn't have been likely to commit otherwise. In the case of convincing a mentally disabled teenager to run drugs and guns, the shoe seems to fit.
- farginay 13y agoWe have privatized prisons with quotas for the number of prisoners. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/19/private-prison-quotas_n_3953483.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/19/private-prison-quot... What is a cry of "entrapment" next to incentive?
- aidenn0 13y agoIANAL, but entrapent is an affirmative defense; in most cases it moves the burden of proof onto the defendant. That makes it hard to use. Furthermore, the inducement usually has to be pretty strong. Merely suggesting someone commit a crime is not entrapment. Even paying them to commit a crime isn't in many cases.