Court: Defendant can claim innocence, entrapment simultaneously …

arkansasnews.com12/17/11

Under Arkansas law, entrapment occurs “when a law enforcement officer or any person acting in cooperation with a law enforcement officer induces the commission of an offense by using persuasion or any other means likely to cause a normally law-abiding person to commit the offense.” … Arkansas, Newbern said a defendant who may have been entrapped should not be forced to admit guilt and so be prevented from requiring the state to prove its case against him. …

ReggaeHolland » Will the speedy trial act help Buju?

www.reggaeholland.com12/20/11

The Speedy Trial Act refers to one of the rights guaranteed by the United States Constitution to defendants in criminal proceedings. The right to a speedy trial, guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment, is intended to make sure that …

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I’d like to understand why entrapment is wrong.

We read so often that the police put out some bait, which a suspected criminal then goes for, after which a judge then releases him or her because some shyster lawyer claims that his or her client was “entrapped”.

I don’t see anything wrong with the police doing this, so please tell me why the courts are against it.

What’s the difference between somebody committing a crime on the street, or agreeing to doing the same thing with the police?

Surely they’re guilty either way?

And how does entrapment differ from framing somebody?