Comments:US secret service agent arrested during prostitution sting

Entrapment?
It is often said that using an agent provocateur to entrap a suspect into committing a crime is illegal and unconstitutional.

Yet these tactics seem to be used in several jurisdictions, and presumably they get convictions.

Why does this apparent contradiction occur?

--InfantGorilla (talk) 22:48, 10 November 2008 (UTC)