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Entrapment

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-001882

A defense in criminal law where a defendant claims that law enforcement induced them to commit a crime they would not have otherwise committed. To establish entrapment, the defendant must show both government inducement and a lack of predisposition to commit the crime. This defense aims to prevent police from manufacturing crime rather than detecting it.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-001882
FieldLaw
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-LAW-001882",
  "term": "Entrapment",
  "field": "Law",
  "definition": "A defense in criminal law where a defendant claims that law enforcement induced them to commit a crime they would not have otherwise committed. To establish entrapment, the defendant must show both government inducement and a lack of predisposition to commit the crime. This defense aims to prevent police from manufacturing crime rather than detecting it.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/entrapment/"
}

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