R. Owen Williams

Yale University

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English Toleration Act

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Glorious Revolution

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Magna Carta

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Jacobson v. United States, 503 U.S. 540 (1992)

When the government participates in the commission of a crime to catch a person committing an illegal act, that person may raise a defense of entrapment.

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