Us Vs Russell Case

In the Supreme Court case, United States v. Russell, 411 U.S. 423 (1973), Respondent Richard Russell was charged with three counts of a five-count indictment on behalf of unlawfully manufacturing and processing the drug methamphetamine. The controversy that surrounds this case derives from the respondent, Richard Russell’s decision to argue the legal term known as entrapment (United States v. Russell, 1973). This specific term is typically used when a Law enforcement agent induces an individual to commit an offense, where the individual would have unlikely committed it otherwise (United States v. Russell, 1973). The case United States v. Russell, involving an undercover law enforcement agent, also known as Joe Shapiro, made the decision to …show more content…
His position as an undercover officer allows for him to proceed in criminal cases without having to initially presenting himself as a law enforcement officer. Law enforcement has to result to such drastic measures in order to collect important evidence that would not easily be obtained if it were not for undercover operations. These specific operations do not act as deterrence for the individuals who are being accused. Undercover operations are resorted to in order for law enforcement officers to gain trust from the accused in order to confirm confidential information that could be used as evidence in the proceeding case. If this case were to happen today I firmly believe that the punishment would be more extreme compared to the final sentence given in the case United States v. Russell. The respondent, Richard Russell was responsible for an illegal drug manufacturing enterprise, involving a 500-gram bottle of propanone and a 100- gram bottled filled with chemicals that were also added to the methamphetamine. He was found guilty on all five counts receiving two years for each one. According to the Congressional Research