But entrapment is an affirmative defense that efficiently demands the defendant to admit wrongdoing ("Yes, I wrote people texts that speak about acquiring sexual intercourse with a 13-calendar year-old") though at the very same time arguing that he was manipulated by the police into executing anything he would not commonly do (engage in talk about owning sexual intercourse with a 13-yr-aged). In entrapment situations, the accused typically take the stand to give their aspect of the tale, which not often is effective in their favor. In a December 2015 electronic mail to his superiors, a state law enforcement captain, Roger Wilbur, wrote why they should really do far more stings: "Plea bargains start at ten many years in jail. When the police say half the instances of arrested gentlemen require "children eleven a long time of age or youthful," the fact is that 50 percent the fictional small children in the eventualities prepared by the police ended up 11 or young. Currently, about 150 men convicted in Washington State stings are nonetheless incarcerated.
