On (09 Mar 03) Doug Powless wrote to George Pope...
 DP> GP> What if the LAPD found a bum on the street, gave him a gun & paid
 DP> him
 DP> GP> $1,000 to kill someone, would this bum be liable for the death
 DP> penalty?
 DP>
 DP> Depends.  Does the bum show signs of instability?  Does he kill his
 DP> own
 DP> family maybe?  And maybe by torturing them to death?  (None of which
 DP> the LAPD contracted or paid for, by the way)

What if it can be shown that the bum might never have started killing
except the LAPD armed him & planted the idea? (isn't the term
"Entrapment"?) :P

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