there have been a few unsuccessful attemps to file civil suits from sting related cases. There is no constitutional right to be free from entrapment so you have to approach it by other means which did not happen in one of the cases for sure. Not one individual case is going to change the course of stings……its the overwhelming evidence from numerous cases and research that would need to be presented to a proper court requesting an injunction. Injunction is the legal means to at least temporarily halt stings and force the DOJ to investigate given the overwhelming amount of evidence that shows these stings are wrong. Its really not that hard to do, its just hard finding the legal help to do so. Hell, i’ve written a rough draft injunction myself but something of this nature would have little chance of success filing pro-se.

never try to beat them at their own game nor would any attorney advise you to do so as well. It’s a dirty deed they are doing and ruining lives. Those arrested are the true victims and out of all the cases that i’ve reviewed, which are numerous, very seldom is anyone seeking to do anything harmful to a minor. Its a scam called “cooking the books” I’ve written about this time and time again

also, we were so close to exposing this crap nationally when Noah Pransky called out these stings on local news in Tampa. I worked with him religiously trying to get him the information he needed to proceed and he did an excellent job…….but the story never took off as we had hoped by alerting legislators, the DOJ etc. We were wanting to force the DOJ to investigate into things. Many of us filed numerous complaints with the DOJ to no avail. So much work had been done to get us to that point only to hit another brick wall. Is there a way to still find success? Yes, as i stated earlier, it would be in the form of injunctive relief from a federal court ordering the DOJ to look into things. Once that happens then things could change.

finding an attorney or firm willing to tackle such a case. I literally have enough documents to support the effort but unless someone is well connected with a notable attorney, legal fees are not cheap.

Please explain what you mean by “making it happen is a different story.”

the only way to do so would be to file an injunction in federal court to stop illegal stings at least temporarily given the overwhelming evidence showing they’re illegal. I know exactly how it could be done but making it happen is a different story.

well at least the 2nd DCA did the right thing with Deware. It’s sad it even had to come to an appeal as in my case. One,among numerousproblem is that trial court judges are elected officials who don’t want to be in the news for letting someone off that was arrested in a sting operation..

Jay, What do you propose the lawsuit would seek and under what legal theory?
You can’t likely file on behalf of the people who were convicted after being entrapped because they either accepted a plea or were found guilty. I suppose someone who fought their case and won would have standing to bring a lawsuit. Perhaps a malicious prosecution case.

So why doesn’t the Florida Action Committee organize a group lawsuit against the state for this exact crime against its citizens???

Right here in this chat there’s at least 10 people that would sign up! I’m sure we can find many many more!

What’s your answer Florida Action Committee? You have the knowledge and resources, so what Action are you taking???