Which term describes the claim that prosecutors set up the defendant to obtain a confession?

• A. Entrapment
• B. Coercion
• C. Police fabrication
• D. A prosecutorial conspiracy

Answer: (D)

The concept tested is identifying terms used when authorities allegedly manipulate proceedings to extract a confession. When the allegation is that prosecutors planned or coordinated to trap the defendant into confessing, that points to a prosecutorial conspiracy. Entrapment involves government inducement to commit a crime by the defendant, not specifically about arranging a confession through a scheme. Coercion describes forcing a confession through pressure, but doesn’t necessarily imply a calculated setup by prosecutors. Police fabrication would mean making up evidence, not the act of organizing the confession itself. So the term that best fits a claim of a deliberate setup by prosecutors to obtain a confession is prosecutorial conspiracy.