kodos96 comments on You Be the Jury: Survey on a Current Event - Less Wrong

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Comment author: kodos96 11 December 2009 05:25:08PM 3 points [-]

She has herself to blame, but not ONLY herself to blame. Lying to police, despite being innocent, is obviously an incredibly stupid thing to do... but not nearly as uncommon as TV and the movies would have you believe. When people are accused of serious crimes, they freak out and do stupid things, like enhance their alibi or come up with stories to explain away anything that looks incriminating, or wildly speculate about alternate theories of the crime. Stupid yes, rare no.

Comment author: lordweiner27 14 December 2009 11:21:49AM 0 points [-]

I agree. I can't comment on how rare or common it is though. But I'm certainly going to be careful not to lie when I inevitably end up in court.