Isn't that entrapment?
Technically, what IS an entrapment then?
Isn't that entrapment?
Technically, what IS an entrapment then?
Isn't that entrapment?
Technically, what IS an entrapment then?
Entrapment = trying to lure a person into a crime they otherwise would not commit.
IE: Fake hooker asks guy in a bar if he wants to hook up for $100 is entrapment as the guy had no intention of trying to pick up a hooker.
Guy pulls up to fake hooker on a corner and asks for her price list is a crime because he instigated things.
Yes, you are screwed.
Couldn't this all be avoided simply by the predo asking "Are you affiliated with or working in any capacity for any law enforcement agency?"
If they say no, then it probably becomes entrapment.
Couldn't this all be avoided simply by the predo asking "Are you affiliated with or working in any capacity for any law enforcement agency?"
If they say no, then it probably becomes entrapment.
Thanks guys. Cleared something in back of my head.
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yes they can be charged and if you watched the episodes they tell you what happens to everyone at the end of them.
noob.
IANAL
They can be charged. Pretending to be underage is not a crime. Going to meet someone you THINK is underage, for the purpose of committing a crime, IS a crime.
Fake hooker can offer him a date, because dating isn't illegal. When he asks how much, he's brought money into it, which makes it prostitution.
Couldn't this all be avoided simply by the predo asking "Are you affiliated with or working in any capacity for any law enforcement agency?"
If they say no, then it probably becomes entrapment.
I understand the premise behind it, but couldn't a defense lawyer call the "decoy" to the stand, ask her her age and if it is above the legal age of consent say "Thank you, no crime committed".
Although, thinking more into this, the police set up their own stings doing this sort of thing....but are they random pedo's or people they actually have incriminating evidence on.
except that the decoys aren't affiliated with law enforcement at all.
Except they are - since the show is coordinating with local law enforcement in order to set up these stings. They essentially are working as an agent for law enforcement in this case. (IANAL)