On 26-1-2010 22:12, Warp wrote:
> Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
>> Warp wrote:
>>>   A cop buying drugs is not entrapment, but a cop *selling* drugs (in order
>>> to arrest the people who buy them) would be, wouldn't it? Or a cop posing
>>> as a prostitute to arrest people who try to buy her services (at least in
>>> places where that's illegal).
> 
>> I'm not a lawyer, but I'm pretty sure the answer is no. Basically, if he 
>> says "I'm a cop, and this is OK, I authorize you to do this", then it would 
>> be entrapment.
> 
>   Wouldn't that mean that the police can lure anybody to do a crime with
> impunity as long as they don't identify themselves as the police?

Yes, at least in the US. From your question I assume that this is not 
the case in Finland.

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