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Have You Been Entrapped?

By Ron Chapman

Entrapment occurs when the police, or someone working for the police, cause a person to commit a crime using methods that create a substantial risk that the crime was committed by someone who was not ready to commit such a crime but for the improper methods employed by the police.In order to better understand the concept of entrapment, it is helpful to look at some actual cases in which Florida courts have ruled that the person charged with a crime was entrapped by the police.In one such case, an informant promised the accused individual that she would become romantically involved with him if he helped her to get drugs, the informant told the accused that she needed the drugs to help cope with cancer, and the accused had no criminal history...continue to full post

Full post as published by Palm Beach Criminal Defense Blog on March 07, 2008 (boomark / email).