Defendants can plead entrapment if they can show that the police __________ commit crimes they otherwise would not have committed.

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a. Incorrect. Inducement is the key word; when police encouragement plays upon the weaknesses of innocent persons and beguiles them into committing crimes they normally would not attempt, the police action can be deemed improper as entrapment and the evidence barred under the exclusionary rule.
b. Correct. Inducement is the key word; when police encouragement plays upon the weaknesses of innocent persons and beguiles them into committing crimes they normally would not attempt, the police action can be deemed improper as entrapment and the evidence barred under the exclusionary rule.
c. Incorrect. Inducement is the key word; when police encouragement plays upon the weaknesses of innocent persons and beguiles them into committing crimes they normally would not attempt, the police action can be deemed improper as entrapment and the evidence barred under the exclusionary rule.
d. Incorrect. Inducement is the key word; when police encouragement plays upon the weaknesses of innocent persons and beguiles them into committing crimes they normally would not attempt, the police action can be deemed improper as entrapment and the evidence barred under the exclusionary rule.

Defendants Can Plead Entrapment If They Can Show That the Police