Reply #5: Entrapment is when someone is tricked into breaking the law. [View All]

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But it is NOT entrapment to suggest to a person a Criminal act when they have a pre-disposition to do the crime anyway. Thus it is NOT entrapment to ask a bank robber to help you rob a bank (when the police are asking for the "assistance") when it is known to all parties that bank robbery is illegal.

On the other hand it is entrapment when a Police Officer tells someone to rob a bank, when the Police Officer is acting AS A POLICE OFFICER and as a Police Officer say you can get away with the crime.

This is the difference based ont he Criminals "Disposition". Would he have NOT done the crime if a Police officer had not told him to do so? If the Jury finds that the Criminal would NOT have done the crime except for the Officer's suggestion than he was entrapped, but if the Criminal would have done the crime ANYWAY, then it is NOT entrapment.