Editing Entrapment (section)

== Germany ==
In [[Germany|German]] law, it is normally forbidden<ref>[http://bundesrecht.juris.de/stgb/__26.html § 26 StGB]</ref> to induce or persuade someone to commit a crime or to attempt to do so.<ref>[http://bundesrecht.juris.de/stgb/__30.html § 30 StGB], in German</ref> However, the German [[Bundesgerichtshof|Federal Court of Justice]] has held that entrapment by undercover police agents is not a reason to stay the case ''[[wikt:per se|per se]]''.<ref>e.g. GA 1975, 333, 334.</ref> If undercover agents have been used without proper justification, punishment for the committed offense may be reduced.<ref>1st Senate's decision in 1 StR 148/84 - 23 May 1984.</ref>

In the case of persons who are not initially under suspicion and unlikely to commit a certain crime, a decision from 1999<ref>[http://www.hrr-strafrecht.de/hrr/1/99/1-221-99.php3 "18th of November, BGH 1 StR 221/99"], in German</ref> stated that entrapment of such persons violates the right to a fair trial, and the punishment for the committed offense may thus be reduced.