Reply #11: i worked undercover for years. i know the law of entrapment

[paulsby]

and know the law of entrapment intimately.

none of my 140+ buys were thrown out for entrapment, so that's a damn good record.

based on what i know of the facts of this case, which is little, this doesn't look like entrapment. it certainly could be, but it also could be that an alien spaceman was working with the FBI. i just see no evidence to suspect either thing.

entrapment is generally misunderstood by laymen. it does NOT mean setting up an opportunity for a person to commit a crime. it means enticing somebody who was not otherwise disposed to the criminal activity TO commit the criminal activity.

if i ask a guy "hey, you got some blow?" in reference to purchasing some cocaine, that's not entrapment.

if i offer "hey, i'll give you 1,000.00 for a gram of coke", that's entrapment. if the going rate is 100.

or if i say "hey, i need some heroin. i'm really sick from withdrawal. i need it badly", that would be entrapment

leaving a super sweet bait car lying on a deserted street, with the keys in the ignition is not entrapment. no law abiding citizen would be enticed to steal a car merely because it was EASY to do