> Entrapment wasn't even a defense until the early 20th century. I've been thinking about this. And you know what, if the 21st century were like the 19th cent

> Entrapment wasn't even a defense until the early 20th century. I've been thinking about this. And you know what, if the 21st century were like the 19th century, I probably wouldn't care about entrapment: - Drugs were legal - Alcohol was legal - Prostitution was (de facto?) legal - Gambling was (de facto?) legal - Price fixing was legal - Insider trading was legal - Braiding hair without a license was legal - Lots of other stuff was... legal. So hey, if all they're doing is entrapping thieves into thieving or murderers into murdering, I'm probably not going to be the guy freaking out about entrapment. But today, with lots of stuff not only illegal by statute but enforced with incredible zeal, I'm pretty comfortable being the anti-entrapment guy. And I'm pretty comfortable saying that entrapment is a modern problem, something which your American ancestors didn't have to deal with.