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From: john@hp-pcd.UUCP (john)
Newsgroups: net.legal
Subject: Real Entrapment
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Date: Fri, 20-Jul-84 18:07:00 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jul 20 18:07:00 1984
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Nf-From: hp-pcd!john    Jul 20 14:07:00 1984

About four years ago when I was at Purdue a rather unusual legal case came
up. I left before the case went to trial and I wonder if anyone remembers
it and can tell me what happened.

The case involves a man whose mobile home had been buglarized several times
in the past. The Sheriff had a couple of suspects but could never catch them
with any hard evidence. The man decided to rig a shotgun boobytrap on his
front door and one day came home to find one of the suspects dead on his door
step. 

I forget whether he was to be tried for murder or manslaughter. There were a
lot of editorials at the time about the right to protect one property vs human
rights vs what if it had been a local fireman etc etc. 

John Eaton

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