andrel <a_l### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
> On 26-1-2010 23:19, Warp wrote:
> > andrel <a_l### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
> >>>   That seems to make the whole "entrapment" notion kind of moot.
> > 
> >> Not really. A policeman cannot say to somebody: "my friend here needs 
> >> weed for medicinal purposes and if you can get him that, I'll look the 
> >> other way" and then arrest. But he is allowed to say "I need it as 
> >> medicine" as long as he is not identifiable as an officer.
> > 
> >   If he says "I'm a doctor and my friend here needs weed", then it is ok?
> > 
> Yes, because he is not giving the impression that he has the authority 
> to arrest but won't. So he can legally arrest the poor guy. (at least 
> that is how I understand US law as a foreigner).

  Even if it's not technically called by the legal term "entrapment", I have
to still assume that it's illegal for a police officer to do that (even if
it's by some other legal term). Else it wouldn't make much sense.

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                                                          - Warp

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