Can it be classed as a form of entrapment. If not, why not? I know one thing for sure, it is funny as hell when you watch the look on their faces when the car dies and all the doors automatically lock.
2007-09-01 14:01:08 · 20 answers · asked by GBH 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
It could be seen as entrapment because the police usually leave the keys in the ignition and place valuable items in the car. You would have to be a near saint not to be slightly curious.
2007-09-01 14:32:26 · update #1
Lets see if I can help you to understand entrapment.
If you pull up to a red light and decided to race the car next to you rev your engine to get the car next to you to race, then take off like a bat out of hell when the light turns green. That is drag racing.
Now if your a t a red light and the car next to you revs his engine and you decided to race not knowing that the other car is an unmarked police unit, then you get popped for racing. That is entrapment.
If the police set a car in a parking lot and you come by and take the car, that is theft.
If the police set a car in a parking lot and then tell you hey man i just saw the driver of that car leave the keys in the vehicle, that is entrapment.
2007-09-01 14:23:12 · answer #1 · answered by thanson73 4 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Let's think about this.... let's say you go into the store and lock the doors, but accidentally leave the keys in the ignition. I walk by and see the keys and break the window and drive away. Should I be let go without any punishment because I was a victim of entrapment? Let's say that the door isn't even locked, but you left your keys there? Unless you're giving it away, it's a crime no matter what. Bottom line is that no matter what the opportunity, taking what is not yours is a crime.
2007-09-02 00:38:25 · answer #2 · answered by catherine b 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Entrapment is very rare and very difficult to prove. Generally entrapment is making someone do something they normally would not do.
For example, an undercover officer attempts to sale you weed, you say no. The officer says "Comeon' first hit is on me, I'll even give you a hundred bucks to take a hit". That is entrapment.
Leaving a car sitting there with the keys in it is not entrapment. An normal person would not just hop in and take it.
2007-09-01 21:53:13 · answer #3 · answered by Kenneth C 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Here's the thing of it: if someone sees a car that doesn't belong to them, figures it would be easy to steal, and attempts to, even if the cops planted the car there, I don't see how it's truly entrapment. Nobody is forcing the criminal to steal the car. He chooses to do that, and 99.9% of the time, it's so they can sell it for drug money. Actually, I don't care what the money's for, auto theft is a serious crime. It's not like stealing a loaf of bread to feed your kids.
And auto theft is not a victimless crime. Somebody's car is a very important asset.
EDIT Sorry, but leaving keys or tempting valuables in the car DOES NOT constitute entrapment!!! That's like saying having expensive clothes or jewelry in the display case or window of a shop or department store is justification for breaking the glass and looting the goods.
What you sound like you're trying to do is justify someone's urge to steal because the thief saw something of value, and therefore the very act of seeing it there is so tempting that any attempts to steal it are therefore justified by it's visibility, and could be construed as entrapment by the rightful owner because they wanted the goods to be visible.
Gee, do you take things from the shelves of your friend's homes on the premise that since it's visible it's somehow okay to lift it? Are you going to try to convince us that your friends are trying to entrap you into stealing because you are able to see their property?
It really sounds like you are trying to defend behavior that is totally reprehensible.
2007-09-01 21:12:25 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Bait cars are not left with the keys in them and if they were that doesn't mean you have to steal them.Are you saying that female officers undercover in an area were women have been attacked are entrapping criminals to attack them and only a saint wouldn't?.Entrapment is when you invite someone to commit a crime they would not normally commit if it weren't for you arranging offence and for them to take part there is no reason to believe someone who steals a bait car would only do it because it is there it is to catch habitual criminals..
2007-09-02 03:54:36 · answer #5 · answered by frankturk50 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
entrapment is when you specifically request somebody to committ an offence then arrest them eg 'can you sell me some drugs?' 'yes here you go' 'youre under arrest im a police officer' they might leave keys in ignition but they are not actually forcing them to steal the car
2007-09-02 01:48:59 · answer #6 · answered by vdv_desantnik 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Entrapment, again, is illegal because it would be where the police actively encourage a person to commit a crime and then arrest that person.
Bait cars, bait bikes, bait money are all okay because the police are not encouraging the person to commit a crime; just controlling the situation by setting out bait.
2007-09-01 21:22:40 · answer #7 · answered by rjrmpk 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
I don't see it as entrapment. If so, then they should not be found guilty if you leave your keys in the car and it gets stolen. Or, if your door to your house is left unlocked.
2007-09-01 21:09:25 · answer #8 · answered by sensible_man 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
How can it be entrapment..No one forced your arm to steal the car in the first place. They are just recording bad doers.
2007-09-01 21:16:38 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
how can this be called entrapment. knowone told them to steal the car. knowone told them the keys were in the car. the car did not start itself.neither the police or car committed tye crime. it was the thief
2007-09-02 04:02:35 · answer #10 · answered by charlsyeh 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋