tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5015329098122035196.post4009724780756151854..comments2023-09-30T10:31:07.390-04:00Comments on Short Fiction. Write it. Sell it. : Jody E. Lebelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08777207515123248962noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5015329098122035196.post-65382662047510793532014-12-04T19:07:19.673-05:002014-12-04T19:07:19.673-05:00@ Susan. It is a gray area, and the defense attor...@ Susan. It is a gray area, and the defense attorneys love to play with it. Jody E. Lebelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08777207515123248962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5015329098122035196.post-45513281216039916862014-12-04T19:01:33.632-05:002014-12-04T19:01:33.632-05:00Sometimes when I watch the cop shows on TV I say t...Sometimes when I watch the cop shows on TV I say to my husband that the cops should be guilty of entrapment and he says no, here's why. I understand why sometimes, but still think it isn't quite fair in some instances. It seems like such a gray area. Thank you for explaining.Susannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5015329098122035196.post-75280178886596488542014-12-04T16:10:56.478-05:002014-12-04T16:10:56.478-05:00I get it now.I get it now.Tamaranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5015329098122035196.post-90340591929772496682014-12-03T12:22:20.773-05:002014-12-03T12:22:20.773-05:00@ Tamara. Close. In the sting cited above the co...@ Tamara. Close. In the sting cited above the cop is actually initiating the unlawful act when he negotiates and buys drugs. So in that case it's not just the perp who carries out the crime. There's a buyer and a seller. But the seller would have sold to the next buyer any way. <br /><br /> The difference is when a person who wouldn't normally commit a crime, is coerced by the police into doing it. Let's say the cop gives a young kid $20 and says, go over to that guy on the corner and pick up a package for me. The kid does it for the money and he's arrested for buying drugs. He wouldn't have done it if the cop didn't get him involved. The kid's lawyer will argue that it was entrapment. And it was. Jody E. Lebelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08777207515123248962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5015329098122035196.post-47236787588936014782014-12-03T12:07:08.325-05:002014-12-03T12:07:08.325-05:00If I am understanding this correctly, Jody, it'...If I am understanding this correctly, Jody, it's when the cop has a hand in setting up the uunlawful act that he/she is guilty of entrapment. In a sting, the unlawful act is totally initiated and carried out by the perp.Tamaranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5015329098122035196.post-83017731949333441702014-12-03T11:36:54.838-05:002014-12-03T11:36:54.838-05:00Got it. Ta.Got it. Ta.Chrisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5015329098122035196.post-32171459390661651522014-12-03T09:21:39.247-05:002014-12-03T09:21:39.247-05:00@ Chris. Let me give you an example. An undercov...@ Chris. Let me give you an example. An undercover officer buying drugs from a known drug dealer is a sting. <br /><br />An undercover officer thinks there is some inside hanky-panky going on at the bank because management reported to police that they are missing some money. He has nothing solid but he suspects one of the tellers. He flirts with this cute teller and becomes her friend. Over time he convinces her to let him sneak into the bank vault so he can steal 500K promising marriage and a great escape to some tropical island. She goes for it. That's entrapment. She wouldn't have done it without his push. Jody E. Lebelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08777207515123248962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5015329098122035196.post-67379351287696657502014-12-03T04:58:15.421-05:002014-12-03T04:58:15.421-05:00Yes, stings are controversial ways of catching peo...Yes, stings are controversial ways of catching people out and when they're done by newspapers to get a story, which some of our gutter press here (UK) have been known to do, they are particularly unsavoury. I suppose if the police know for sure that someone is doing something illegal and getting away with it through lack of anyone being prepared to testify, then that is one way of getting a conviction, but it is a very shady way of achieving it.<br /><br />I'm not sure I'm any clearer as to the distinction between a sting and entrapment, Jody, but thanks for trying to clarify it anyway!Chrisnoreply@blogger.com