BY SUSAN ESTRICH Defenders of Mohamed Osman Mohamud are already arguing to the press that he was set up and in court that he was entrapped. Every state recognizes a defense that argues a defendant was “entrapped,” but most of them define it narrowly, as do the federal courts. The debate in entrapment law has been between the “objective” view, which asks whether law enforcement went too far, and the “subjective” view, which asks whether […]
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