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minus-squareVenat0r@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoWouldn’t that be entrapment though?
minus-squareschizo@forum.uncomfortable.businesslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 hour agoTo add more detail to the other reply, it’s only entrapment if they coerce you into doing something you wouldn’t have otherwise done. A cop comes up to you and goes ‘bro, lets go steal that car!’ would probably be entrapment. Cops putting a car on a street waiting for someone to steal it wouldn’t be.
minus-squareAatube@kbin.melroy.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 hours agono, because they only provided the opportunity
Wouldn’t that be entrapment though?
To add more detail to the other reply, it’s only entrapment if they coerce you into doing something you wouldn’t have otherwise done.
A cop comes up to you and goes ‘bro, lets go steal that car!’ would probably be entrapment.
Cops putting a car on a street waiting for someone to steal it wouldn’t be.
no, because they only provided the opportunity