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From: lauren@vortex.UUCP (Lauren Weinstein)
Newsgroups: net.misc
Subject: Re: Young hacker busted in Phoenix
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Date: Thu, 1-Nov-84 16:02:12 EST
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Posted: Thu Nov  1 16:02:12 1984
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No, it's not entrapment, since the person in question had already
expressed his clear "willingness" (predisposition) to commit a crime by first
"advertising" his skills on the Police BBS!  This is exactly the same
situation as someone putting an ad in the paper saying that they 
will happily buy stolen goods, and then having the police go out
to actually buy some.  No entrapment.

Now, if they had pretty randomly selected this kid and tried to get
him to commit his illegal act when there was no prior evidence that
he wanted to do such things, then THAT would be entrapment.  This is
the sort of case DeLorean had.  He was chosen because he was a
"big name," even though there was no evidence that he was interested
in drug dealing, then manipulated to commit actions that he wasn't
otherwise predisposed to commit, and that he wouldn't have done at
all if they hadn't come along.

--Lauren--