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nekochanwork ◴[] No.43718533[source]
SCOTUS ruled in Mathews v. United States (1998) and in Jacobson v. United States (1992) that the government cannot induce a person to commit a crime, then arrest that individual for that crime.

Now the government is rolling out fully-automated entrapment bots.

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1. hx8 ◴[] No.43718661[source]
In the US there are boundaries in which law enforcement can perform a sting operation. It happens all the time.