Wasn't Jack's scam with the disks considered entrapment? He lured someone into a criminal act with the help of law enforcement. Yes, I get it, it's just a movie but I'm just wondering how this would have worked out in a real criminal case.
shareSerrono already kidnapped Mardukis, the exchange pretty much proves that he was being held for ransom, so the entrapment defense probably wouldn't hold water.
shareFundamentally, entrapment is tricking an innocent person into committing a crime
For example, it would be entrapment to sell someone what he thinks is a box of candy when it's actually full of crack cocaine
It would NOT be entrapment to sell someone what he thinks is crack cocaine, when it's actually rock candy. That person would be guilty of attempted drug possession.
Likewise, Serrano took the disks after being told that the disks contained evidence of his crimes. Not entrapment
Besides, as Redsfan001 points out, Serrano already showed up with the Duke, so he's guilty of kidnapping before they even set up the trap
Here's something that isn't entrapment but SHOULD be: a few years ago in Florida, a 25-year-old undercover cop got an 18-year-old high school student to sell her pot. He wanted to give it to her (she's very attractive) but she insisted on paying him.
Then they charged him with selling drugs.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2104133/Teen-says-flirty-undercover-cop-posed-high-school-student-arrested-brought-pot.html
He's not a cop. Doesn't that pretty much negate anything laws police have to follow?
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