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84 Miss. L.J. 1257 (2014-2015)
Why the FBI and the Courts Are Wrong about Entrapment and Terrorism

handle is hein.journals/mislj84 and id is 1293 raw text is: PEER REVIEW ARTICLEt WHY THE FBI AND THE COURTS ARE WRONG ABOUT ENTRAPMENT AND TERRORISM Jesse J. Norris* INTRODUCTION...................................1259 I. BACKGROUND ........................... .......1263 A. The Post-9/11 Emergence of Terrorism Entrapment Cases.... .................... 1263 B. The Entrapment and Outrageous Government Conduct Defenses ..............1268 C. Previous Scholarship and Commentary .............1270 II. FOUR ARGUMENTS AGAINST CURRENT TERRORISM STING OPERATIONS ..................1273 A. Argument 1: The Low Probability of Individual Terrorist Involvement ..............1274 1. Muslim-American Attitudes Towards Terrorism ...........................1275 2. The Prevalence of Terrorism in the United States Since 9/11..... . ...........1280 3. The Probability of Particular Individuals Participating in Terrorism ..............1282 4. Implications ..........................1283 B. Argument 2: The Difficulty of Predicting Terrorist Involvement ............... ......1285 t For more information on the Mississippi Law Journal's peer review process, see Jack Wade Nowlin & Brian Clark Stuart, Foreword: The Mississippi Law Journal Peer Review Process, 84 MISS. L.J. i (2015). * J.D., Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow in Interdisciplinary Legal Studies, Baldy Center for Law & Social Policy, SUNY Buffalo Law School. I would like to thank Jonathan Witmer-Rich, Lawrence Rosenthal, Clifford Fishman, Cocalia Klingele, Hanna Grol- Prokopczyk, Michble Alexandre, Christopher Green, Jack Wade Nowlin, and Matthew Hall for their valuable comments on earlier drafts of this Article. 1257

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