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by Aisen8010 959 days ago
In Brazil, the police isn't allowed to do this. The justice system accepts that the perpetrator would not follow the course of action if the government haven't created a hitman site.

This approach by the fbi can lead to some bizarre situations. They shouldn't have that power.

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entrapment would be more like tempting someone into doing crime, this honeypot is more a public safety service as it targets already would be murderers
Murderers which are trained in this skill by other murderers ? If someone is born in a bordello the only world he sees is the world of prostitution.
The site is run by a private citizen, not FBI.
But it is used by the FBI.

"Look, a terrorrist. We trained it and we supplied it, but he is still a terrorist". Sincerely, the FBI

No, this is a person who tried to arrange a murder of their own volition. They were aware that’s illegal and took (idiotic) steps to hide that fact.

There are definitely incidents where law enforcement led people into committing crimes they wouldn’t otherwise have, and this ain’t one of those.