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Re:Ask HN: Any desperate things you did just to keep your st... by cheesey on Monday October 25, 2010 @05:19PM (#1831645)
He managed to avoid prosecution, as he was found not guilty due to entrapment. Entrapment is when the alleged criminal was:

1. given the idea for the crime by the government agents

2. persuaded or talked into committing the crime by government agents

3. not ready and willing to commit the crime before the government agents spoke with him.

So no, it wasn't "the first easy thing you[he] can [could] think of".

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