I just read the report, and this is absolutely not a case of entrapment. The legal definition of entrapment is when a person is induced or persuaded by a law enforcement official to commit a crime that he had no intention to commit. However, if a person is predisposed to commit a crime and a law official merely provides what appears to be a favorable opportunity for the person to commit that crime, then it is not entrapment.
So I have no problem with how this was set up. It is no different than if a cop poses as a prostitute and arrests the "johns" who solicit them. Again this person was already cruising looking for a prostitute, the official merely presented them with the opportunity. Same with Senator Craig. The cop merely provided him with the opportunity. He chose to pursue it. Bruce On 8/29/07, Tony wrote: you know, i have a hard time with entrapment...i mean, it seems wrong, but at the same time, its REALLY just setting up opportunity. and with opportunity comes TAKERS, and with TAKERS comes crimes... so, they were going to do it ANYWAY, just so happens that the situation was presented to them VERY easily... so, its like, i know i dont REALLY like it, but at the same time, the offenders shoulda thought about that before they chose to do something illegal REGARDLESS of how it actually happened. again, im on the fence about it... but it seems like it does SOME good. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Get the answers you are looking for on the ColdFusion Labs Forum direct from active programmers and developers. http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/webforums/forum/categories.cfm?forumid-72&catid=648 Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:241582 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
