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Re:Undercover Cops Hired 118 Handymen, Then Arrested Them fo... by fnordfnordfnord on Thursday February 06, 2020 @11:09AM (#22257134)
No. There's some sort of legal sophistry that helps them get away with it, and even if there weren't there's always the fall back of qualified immunity.
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Re:Undercover Cops Hired 118 Handymen, Then Arrested Them fo... by dragonwriter on Thursday February 06, 2020 @04:35PM (#22260590)
Entrapment is a defense not an offense, thus immunities on the part of the putative entrapper are immaterial.
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