OK, This Is Too Much

First we had the slutty dress defense against rape - you know "The way she dressed, she was asking for it" - and now we have a new version - "He was so attractive, I couldn't help myself." This is not only the stated defense, it was the successful defense used by a gay man who bought crystal meth for an undercover cop in Ft. Lauderdale!

Had the argument been that he had been badgered into doing something he might not have otherwise done, I might buy it (he was apparently asked multiple times to do so). But no, instead they release the guy because he was entrapped by "nonverbal communication."

Give me a break.

I don't believe that the "victim" was truly entrapped. He willingly bought the narcotics. His motive may not have been the most idealistic (he was apparently doing it in an effort to further his relationship with the cop), but I would also find it very hard to actually convict the guy of selling narcotics (if that was indeed the charge, rather than simple possession) as it doesn't sound like he expected the cop to pay, at least not monetarily. Convict him of being incredibly stupid and desperate. Maybe even convict him of possession.

But remember he chose to act this way of his own free will, regardless of the attractiveness of the cop in question.