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entrapment |
(n): a defense that claims the defendant would not have broken the law if not tricked into doing it by law enforcement officials
(n): a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him
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Kewpid, a little less disdain might get your point across more easily. :-)
Umm...?
You Americans with your "due process". In other common law countries the admissibility of evidence is judged against a balancing test, weighing up competing considerations such as knowledge of illegality, importance of the evidence, whether other evidence is available, the need to prevent serious crime, need to protect rights etc... none of this namby-pamby procedural exclusion.
Well, the definition itself doesn't imply that the defense is solid; it just says it's "a defense that claims..."
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/28/nyregion/28about.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
so technically, entrapment is a legal term, an interpretation of behavior by law enforcement that claims it can "trick" people into breaking the law; I will finish this tirade later. I just ended my lunch.