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Originally posted by Global Dialers
read my post again and tell me which part of it is relevant to the section of your post i quoted ;)
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Sorry, but I guess I don't know what you mean.
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Originally posted by DukeSkywalker
It is entrapment.. Entrapment is simply when a law enforcement official encourages you to commit a crime. Reving a motor is pretty encouraging to young man. He will beat it in court easilly.
Duke
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Oh, those silly policemen, blowing the budget on a mustang and tricking it out specifically for these operations.. all the while being ignorant of the law and never consulting their own lawyers or the judicial branch...
...really?
Police are allowed to create circumstances which may tempt the criminally inclined. So 'encourage' is an inappropriate word... too soft. They simply cannot
convince you to commit a crime.
That's entrapment.
Judges are not fond of the entrapment defense. It takes a lot to overwhelm the courts assumption that law enforcement is honest. Even then, really bad blatant entrapment is often overlooked if they want the conviction enough.
Hell, police are allowed to get naked when trying to bust prostitutes. You think a judge will throw out a case because the officer revved his engine? No way.
I don't like personal anecdotes in arguements, but I've got a good one about a family member involving police posing as mafia and making threats ... they still got the conviction.
