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Old 06-26-2012, 07:54 AM
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don't really know about Canadian law , but in the states that would NOT be entrapment.

Same exact think as an undercover cop acting as a drug seller or a prostitute.

Entrapment only comes into play if the government actually coerce the subject into breaking the law, Simply offering or providing a way for a subject to break the law that they were already aware of and destined to do does not constitute entrapment.

say you are in business. the government, unknowing to you, destroys your business and you lose everything, then they( the government) come to you as an undercover something and not only provide a way but set everything up for you to get your business and life back, the only catch is you need to do something illegal. Just so happens this undercover can put you in touch with all the parts to complete the illegal act and do.

This was the DeLorien case some years back.
Basically the government has to not only supply the means but also has to plant the idea and introduce the subject to the illegal act. Something that not for the undercover government's involvement would never had been thought of. THEN it is entrapment
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