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bucolic_frolic

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12. Hollywood made a movie about it, "American Hustle" but ignored the entrapment issue

Reply to SCantiGOP (Reply #11)

Sun Dec 26, 2021, 07:06 PM

Dec 2021

and its effect on jurisprudence. It was generally considered that Sen. Harrison Williams had a legitimate defense with entrapment, but he was convicted. And the movie was really more about the 70s fast lane than about the details of what happened. In my view anyway.

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Triple that - hell no. iluvtennis Dec 2021 #16

I thought Abscam ended entrapment defenses for good bucolic_frolic Dec 2021 #3

Young folks on here might want to google Abscam for a fun read SCantiGOP Dec 2021 #11

Hollywood made a movie about it, "American Hustle" but ignored the entrapment issue bucolic_frolic Dec 2021 #12

Not really. Look into some recent cases. The FBI has gotten brazen with some of it. oldsoftie Dec 2021 #27

It's the basis for a sting. Police use stings all the time. There's little defense against them. /nt bucolic_frolic Dec 2021 #28

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