Current Events > Entrapment laws are more fuzzy than I thought...

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Solid Sonic 12/06/21 1:26:53 AM #1:	I always thought they were fairly cut and dry: you can't convince someone to act against their own best interests in the hopes of pinning a crime on them as a result. That's entrapment. But apparently even what seem like innocuous sting operations (like leaving a truck unlocked with a stockpile of high-end goods) can be construed as entrapment even if no other coercion or influence is being imparted on those who get snared. How "obvious" the trap is seems to factor into it (if you make the trap so tempting that it's obvious it would be hit then it can count as entrapment even when the would-be suspect otherwise acted on their own impulse). --- It is more important to use your anonymity to upset other people than it is to do anything productive. <cite>Solid Sonic posted [p:960662818] in Entrapment... [t:79797174]...</cite> <quote>I always thought they were fairly cut and dry: you can't convince someone to act against their own best interests in the hopes of pinning a crime on them as a result. That's entrapment. But apparently even what seem like innocuous sting operations (like leaving a truck unlocked with a stockpile of high-end goods) can be construed as entrapment even if no other coercion or influence is being imparted on those who get snared. How "obvious" the trap is seems to factor into it (if you make the trap so tempting that it's obvious it would be hit then it can count as entrapment even when the would-be suspect otherwise acted on their own impulse). </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Kim_Seong-a 12/06/21 2:23:00 AM #3:	What country is this? Everything I've heard about American entrapment laws make it sound like the cops have to force you to commit a crime at gunpoint before they can get pinged for it. >_> --- https://imgur.com/a/fqY7axi <cite>Kim_Seong-a posted [p:960663631] in Entrapment... [t:79797174]...</cite> <quote>What country is this? Everything I've heard about American entrapment laws make it sound like the cops have to force you to commit a crime at gunpoint before they can get pinged for it. >_> </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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