GUILTY or NOT?

GUILTY or NOT? / Glossary

Legal glossary

entrapment

A defense where government agents induced a person to commit a crime they were not predisposed to commit on their own.

Cases that turn on it

The 1 real court case in the library whose brief uses this term. Read the facts, then decide — the verdict stays in the game.

• The Fellow Veteran 1932 Sorrells v. United States — Unlawful Possession and Sale of Intoxicating Liquor — National Prohibition Act

See also: Defenses

• affirmative defense
• self-defense
• castle doctrine
• necessity
• insanity defense

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