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LorenzoStomp t1_ixqmi8g wrote

Reply to comment by Delicioustoilet in Luring pedophiles through fake online ads is not entrapment, Supreme Court says by tearsaresweat

Entrapment means forcing someone into a position where they have to commit a crime they wouldn't otherwise commit. Like if a cop pretends to be a guy's friend and loans him some money, then puts a bunch of pressure on him to pay it back immediately and hands him some drugs and tells him to sell the drugs to get the money, that's entrapment. But if the cop just says, "Hey wanna make money quick? I'll front you drugs to sell", that isn't. Offering to sell someone a kid isn't entrapment, you'd have to put pressure on someone who isn't a kiddiefucker (idk, uh, "Hey Steve, rape this kid or I'll Civilly Forfet your car"?) to make them do it.

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gabbagool3 t1_ixsrm9n wrote

the classic example is when the mark calls the police on the undercover cops doing the sting, and the detective running the sting tells the 911 operators to put the guy on hold indefinitely or orders the beat cops to claim nothing can be done.

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ArrowheadDZ t1_ixwz59b wrote

I’d be careful about the term “forcing.” Luring, persuading, seducing someone into an action they were unlikely to have otherwise committed typical falls within the definition of entrapment. In most law, absolutely no force need be applied in order to constitute entrapment.

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