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Woman jailed after Rentahitman.com assassin turned out to be – surprise – FBI

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In Brazil, the police isn't allowed to do this. The justice system accepts that the perpetrator would not follow the course of action if the government haven't created a hitman site.

This approach by the fbi can lead to some bizarre situations. They shouldn't have that power.

entrapment would be more like tempting someone into doing crime, this honeypot is more a public safety service as it targets already would be murderers

Murderers which are trained in this skill by other murderers ? If someone is born in a bordello the only world he sees is the world of prostitution.

The site is run by a private citizen, not FBI.

But it is used by the FBI.

"Look, a terrorrist. We trained it and we supplied it, but he is still a terrorist". Sincerely, the FBI

No, this is a person who tried to arrange a murder of their own volition. They were aware that’s illegal and took (idiotic) steps to hide that fact.

There are definitely incidents where law enforcement led people into committing crimes they wouldn’t otherwise have, and this ain’t one of those.

It's hard to believe that there are such stupid people, but all right. However, it's shocking that you only get 18 months in jail for attempted murder, while people in the past got over 5 years in jail for trivial crimes like copyright infringement.

> It's hard to believe that there are such stupid people, but all right

I assume that if someone is at the point where they're willing to murder someone else, they're in an emotional place that excludes rational thought. In cases like this, it may not be that these people are stupid as much as they are blinded by anger/pain/whatever.

Nah, it’s the fact that it’s a woman perpetrator. Women always get way less time. This is cold and premeditated, not some heat of the moment incident.

I didn't claim it was a "heat of the moment" thing. Even coldly premeditated murder is coming from an emotional, not rational, mindset.

Then what happened with: equal pay for equal work ? :)

> However, it's shocking that you only get 18 months in jail for attempted murder, while people in the past got over 5 years in jail for trivial crimes like copyright infringement

There are crimes, and there are crimes. Hypothetical profits are more valuable than human life.

Other rentahitman.com stories:

2023: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35582310 ("Man arrested after applying to be an assassin at RentAHitman.com, FBI says", 1 comment)

2021: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29391593 ("A Michigan woman tried to hire an assassin online at RentAHitman.com", 5 comments)

The best part is that it keeps happening.

Criminal darwinism in action

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