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2006-12-27 07:47:45 · 8 answers · asked by jvlman50 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
1. the luring by a law-enforcement agent of a person into committing a crime.
2. an act or process of entrapping.
3. a state of being entrapped.
2006-12-27 09:16:00 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In jurisprudence, entrapment is a legal defense by which a defendant may argue that he or she should not be held criminally liable for actions which broke the law, because they were induced (or entrapped) by the police to commit said acts. For the defense to be successful, the defendant must demonstrate that the police induced an otherwise unwilling person to commit a crime. However, when a person is predisposed to commit a crime, offering opportunities to commit the crime is not entrapment, a widely held misconception similar to the idea that police officers must answer questions truthfully if they are asked the same question three times, or that they must say "yes" if asked if they are a police officer.
In cases where police officers pose as drug dealers or hookers (or johns), the suspect must initiate the act. The police officer cannot make a person do something illegal. So if a hooker voluntarily gets into a car and says it'll cost "xx" to do something , then its not entrapment.
2006-12-27 16:05:34 · answer #2 · answered by arus.geo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This means that law enforcement sets bait (policewoman disguised as a hooker) in order to arrest people. This is just one example. Another would be a drug sale. There are very strict rules about law enforcement using entrapment techniques and some convictions have been overturned. The benefit of the doubt goes towards the suspect, so police use bonafide methods to make sure that an arrest and citation will be justified in a court of law.
2006-12-27 15:53:22 · answer #3 · answered by david m 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A situation in which law enforcement creates a situation wherein the targeted person will inevitably fall for some trick set up by those police and break the law, but that target would otherwise not have broken the law. A good example would be cops dealing drugs to low-level users just to arrest them for possession. Then they'd use the asset forfeiture laws to take everything that person owns. An undercover cop or narc can sell you a joint, then take your house, car, and anything else you own, and never bring charges against you. It's sickening that many towns actually use this to create huge revenues by busting otherwise law-abiding citizens. They literally can and do make $BILLIONS doing this every day.
2006-12-27 15:55:26 · answer #4 · answered by eatmorec11h17no3 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Entrapment means that the defendant is enticed to commit a crime that he would not do under normal circumstances.
2006-12-27 16:23:17 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Entrapment is enticing someone to do something they normally wouldn't do
2006-12-29 10:31:14 · answer #6 · answered by Keith 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In a nutshell, it means being put or drawn into a situation by a law enforcement official, wherein any choice you make will violate a law. This is constitutionally illegal, "self incrimination".
2006-12-27 16:00:33 · answer #7 · answered by Ricky J. 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
a defense that claims the defendant would not have broken the law if not tricked into doing it by law enforcement officials
2006-12-27 16:13:26 · answer #8 · answered by lilmizterious 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋