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Re:Free Ross Ulbricht by q1w2 on Friday November 18, 2022 @10:16AM (#33655896)
Entrapment is when you motivate someone to commit a crime that they would not have otherwise committed.

In this case, this guy went looking for a contract killer and the police answered his request.

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Re:Free Ross Ulbricht by missingrib on Saturday November 19, 2022 @01:07PM (#33672809)
He would not have committed the crime if the FBI hadn't set up the fake persona that was allegedly going to get caught and get Ulbright arrested and charged with a life sentence.
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Re:Free Ross Ulbricht by ddalex on Sunday November 20, 2022 @04:42AM (#33679650)
Lies of the police doesn't constitute entrapment - only forcibly coercion does. Nobody forced Ulbright to hire an assassin - they only lied to him, but his decision stands none the less.
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