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**joanbertis** · 01-12-2010, 10:01 PM

There appears to be a valid claim that the kid was entrapped.

I realize that it is a fine line between an undercover operation and outright entrapment, but the kid is only 19. That is a very impressionable age and the possibility exists that the FBI may have crossed the line here. All I have to go on is the media reports but I think it looks like there is enough for an investigation into the handling of the case.

This could be for any number of non-exclusionary reasons.

The FBI agents wanted a collar to justify their jobs an gain favour for future promotions.
The FBI brass wanted a high profile collar to justify the expenditure of resources on the investigation.
The FBI agents simply got caught up in their efforts and may have honestly believed that the kid was a potential threat and stepped over the line in their zeal to make the case.

He was not entrapped:

n criminal law, entrapment is constituted by a law enforcement agent inducing a person to commit an offense that the person would otherwise have been unlikely to commit.[1] In many jurisdictions, entrapment is a possible defense against criminal liability. However, there is no entrapment where a person is ready and willing to break the law and the government agents merely provide what appears to be a favorable opportunity for the person to commit the crime. For example, it is not entrapment for a government agent to pretend to be someone else and to offer, either directly or through an informant or other decoy, to engage in an unlawful transaction with the person (see sting operation). So, a person would not be a victim of entrapment if the person was ready, willing and able to commit the crime charged in the indictment whenever opportunity was afforded, and that Government officers or their agents did no more than offer an opportunity. Entrapment - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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joanbertis Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 434 Senior Member	There appears to be a valid claim that the kid was entrapped. I realize that it is a fine line between an undercover operation and outright entrapment, but the kid is only 19. That is a very impressionable age and the possibility exists that the FBI may have crossed the line here. All I have to go on is the media reports but I think it looks like there is enough for an investigation into the handling of the case. This could be for any number of non-exclusionary reasons. The FBI agents wanted a collar to justify their jobs an gain favour for future promotions. The FBI brass wanted a high profile collar to justify the expenditure of resources on the investigation. The FBI agents simply got caught up in their efforts and may have honestly believed that the kid was a potential threat and stepped over the line in their zeal to make the case. He was not entrapped: n criminal law, entrapment is constituted by a law enforcement agent inducing a person to commit an offense that the person would otherwise have been unlikely to commit.[1] In many jurisdictions, entrapment is a possible defense against criminal liability. However, there is no entrapment where a person is ready and willing to break the law and the government agents merely provide what appears to be a favorable opportunity for the person to commit the crime. For example, it is not entrapment for a government agent to pretend to be someone else and to offer, either directly or through an informant or other decoy, to engage in an unlawful transaction with the person (see sting operation). So, a person would not be a victim of entrapment if the person was ready, willing and able to commit the crime charged in the indictment whenever opportunity was afforded, and that Government officers or their agents did no more than offer an opportunity. Entrapment - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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