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Would you admit to a murder you didnt commit if it meant getting out of jail?

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  1. TheFirm53 TheFirm53 is offline

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    Mar 2nd, 2011 (3/2/2011 6:42am)

    You have been sentenced to 15 to life for a murder you didn't commit. After 15 years of hard time, you come before the parole board. If you tell the board that you did the crime, that you're sorry and not a danger to society; you will be released.

    If you spout your innocence, then you will continue to be incarcerated until death or until your sentence is possibly overturned.

    What would you do?

    FYI: This came to mind after listening to This American Life Podcast #282. It's a fascinating tale about Collin Warner's wrongful conviction and how his boy-hood friend, Carl King refused to let Collin rot in jail.

    http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radi...pisode/282/DIY
  2. 3kingme3 3kingme3 is offline

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    Mar 2nd, 2011 (3/2/2011 6:46am) in reply to TheFirm53

    hell yea id lie to get outta there, how have you been been a long time since I beat you in chess :D
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    Mar 2nd, 2011 (3/2/2011 6:50am) in reply to 3kingme3

    lie my ass off.
    your integrity isnt worth spending the rest of your life in jail

    edit: ive been playing a ton of poker the last few hours and have no idea if that sentence makes exact sense, but if it doesnt im sure u know what i mean. god i sound retarded making this but my brains tired from multitabling too mch
    Edited By: Deoxyribo Mar 2nd, 2011 at 06:52 AM
     
  4. TheFirm53 TheFirm53 is offline

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    Mar 2nd, 2011 (3/2/2011 6:52am) in reply to Deoxyribo

    Duh, Winning!!!

    Life is good, My kids are great, wife is hot but I hate my job. Thinking about moving to Florida.

    I don't think I could cop to murder but who knows after 15 years.
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  5. allisswell allisswell is offline

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    Mar 2nd, 2011 (3/2/2011 7:06am) in reply to TheFirm53

    Do not think so... I think karma will help me in the end. If it doesn't then I hope someone learns from it.
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    Mar 2nd, 2011 (3/2/2011 7:07am) in reply to allisswell

    Depends how likely my case is to be overturned, if I know there is evidence out there that frees me then I'll stick it out and wait for my sweet settlement from the government for wrongful imprisonment (maybe just a NZ thing??) but if there's nothing proving innocence and hasn't been anything for 15 years then 'own up'
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    Mar 2nd, 2011 (3/2/2011 7:11am) in reply to poumi554

    no i would tell them i didnt do it and spend the rest of my life in there, y not been in there 15 yrs already

    i mean who the fuck wants to get out of prison?!?!
    Edited By: jusfoldf1sh Mar 2nd, 2011 at 07:13 AM
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    Mar 2nd, 2011 (3/2/2011 7:13am) in reply to allisswell

     
    Originally Posted by allisswell View Post

    Do not think so... I think karma will help me in the end. If it doesn't then I hope someone learns from it.

    No such thing as karma so I don't see how this works.

    EDIT: I would probably lie.
    Edited By: hoops886 Mar 2nd, 2011 at 07:18 AM
  9. TheFirm53 TheFirm53 is offline

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    Mar 2nd, 2011 (3/2/2011 7:16am) in reply to hoops886

    Sure 15 years is a long time but life can be 60+ years. I can't fathom missing the next 15 years of my kids lives. Would my parents still be alive? Shit...what will the iPhone be like in 15 years?

    Check out the podcast. It's a thought provoking listen. I subscribe to that podcast, it's definitely one of my favs.
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    Mar 2nd, 2011 (3/2/2011 7:51am) in reply to TheFirm53

     
    Originally Posted by TheFirm53 View Post

    Duh, Winning!!!

    Life is good, My kids are great, wife is hot but I hate my job. Thinking about moving to Florida.

    I don't think I could cop to murder but who knows after 15 years.

    cool, I actually just moved to vegas. If youre ever around send me a PM
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    Mar 2nd, 2011 (3/2/2011 7:54am) in reply to hoops886

     
    Originally Posted by hoops886 View Post

    No such thing as karma so I don't see how this works.

    EDIT: I would probably lie.

    Then you should lie then. ehh
  12. RoyalCrusher RoyalCrusher is offline

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    Mar 2nd, 2011 (3/2/2011 7:58am) in reply to allisswell

    uhhhh yup
     1
  13. Wretchy Wretchy is offline whatslogic

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    Mar 2nd, 2011 (3/2/2011 8:19am) in reply to RoyalCrusher

    Any other answer than yes is just simPly dumb
     
  14. KommonScentz KommonScentz is offline

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    Mar 2nd, 2011 (3/2/2011 11:04am) in reply to allisswell

     
    Originally Posted by allisswell View Post

    Do not think so... I think karma will help me in the end. If it doesn't then I hope someone learns from it.

    You are really going to sacrifice your LIFE to prove a point to stupid fucking people so they can learn something?
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    Mar 2nd, 2011 (3/2/2011 11:18am) in reply to KommonScentz

    lie is the correct play here.
  16. frazze2 frazze2 is offline

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    Mar 2nd, 2011 (3/2/2011 11:27am) in reply to Clerk

    i would.. 1 life its the only logical thing to do. once your released. write a book on your real story
  17. hldngaflush hldngaflush is offline UT Homer

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    Mar 2nd, 2011 (3/2/2011 11:44am) in reply to Wretchy

     
    Originally Posted by Wretchy View Post

    Any other answer than yes is just simPly dumb

    /thread

    edit: Although I'd probably escape through a 500 yard sewage drain and move to Saywatanayo, Mexico before I got a parole hearing.
    Edited By: hldngaflush Mar 2nd, 2011 at 11:49 AM
  18. Hateflops Hateflops is offline 7 over par. ship it!

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    Mar 2nd, 2011 (3/2/2011 2:19pm) in reply to hldngaflush

    Lol of course you lie. Anyone who wouldn't = "Hella" dumb.
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    Mar 2nd, 2011 (3/2/2011 2:27pm) in reply to frazze2

     
    Originally Posted by frazze2 View Post

    i would.. 1 life its the only logical thing to do. once your released. write a book on your real story

    sorta like OJ, except for the whole go to prison and be innocent part...

     
    Originally Posted by hldngaflush View Post

    /thread

    edit: Although I'd probably escape through a 500 yard sewage drain and move to Saywatanayo, Mexico before I got a parole hearing.

    lol zihuatanejo
     
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    Mar 2nd, 2011 (3/2/2011 2:29pm) in reply to hldngaflush

     
    Originally Posted by hldngaflush View Post

    /thread

    edit: Although I'd probably escape through a 500 yard sewage drain and move to Saywatanayo, Mexico before I got a parole hearing.

    you remember the name of the town, don't you? would be ashame if u and Red ended up at two different places.
     
  21. TheFirm53 TheFirm53 is offline

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    Mar 2nd, 2011 (3/2/2011 2:39pm) in reply to AmSlim22

    I am not sure the answer is so simple. Now you are a convicted murderer who has personally attested to the crime. That really leaves no room for doubt, you are a murderer.

    Also you just spent every day over the last 15 years, telling everyone you encountered that you are an innocent man. I dont think it would be so easy to say all of that was a lie.
    Edited By: TheFirm53 Mar 2nd, 2011 at 02:44 PM
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  22. LeftyMark LeftyMark is offline Boss of Birds

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    Mar 2nd, 2011 (3/2/2011 2:45pm) in reply to TheFirm53

    I would never admit to something like murder if I didn't do it.
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    Mar 2nd, 2011 (3/2/2011 2:59pm) in reply to frazze2

     
    Originally Posted by frazze2 View Post

    i would.. 1 life its the only logical thing to do. once your released. write a book on your real story


    Spot the Fuck on^^^^^ , although no one would prolly believe it.
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    Mar 2nd, 2011 (3/2/2011 3:04pm) in reply to LeftyMark

     
    Originally Posted by LeftyMark View Post

    I would never admit to something like murder if I didn't do it.



    fuck that Im lying my ass off.
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    Mar 2nd, 2011 (3/2/2011 3:36pm) in reply to TheFirm53

     
    Originally Posted by TheFirm53 View Post

    I don't think I could cop to murder but who knows after 15 days.

    FYP

     
    Originally Posted by jetsjets1028 View Post

    I don't think I could cop to murder but who knows after 15 minutes.

    fmp
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    Mar 2nd, 2011 (3/2/2011 4:03pm) in reply to jetsjets1028

    as much as i would like to think im going down with the ship, i would probably say yeah ok i did it, see ya.
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    Mar 2nd, 2011 (3/2/2011 4:11pm) in reply to waboose

    Any rational person would lie. After 15 years they are not going to magically 1 day believe you nor is there going to be any new evidence brought to light. Although once you admit to them you did they will say "haha we tricked you, you get LIFE murderer!"
     
  28. TheFirm53 TheFirm53 is offline

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    Mar 2nd, 2011 (3/2/2011 4:26pm) in reply to donkiman

    In the situation that my hypo is based on, the individual was exonerated after 21 years. He refused to say that he committed the murder before the parole board.
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  29. hldngaflush hldngaflush is offline UT Homer

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    Mar 2nd, 2011 (3/2/2011 6:51pm) in reply to snaggs

     
    Originally Posted by snaggs View Post

    sorta like OJ, except for the whole go to prison and be innocent part...



    lol zihuatanejo

    Yeah, I know to say it. I had no fucking clue how to spell it.

     
    Originally Posted by LeftyMark View Post

    I would never admit to something like murder if I didn't do it.

    I bet you would if you didn't get to see your kids for 15 years.
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    Mar 2nd, 2011 (3/2/2011 6:51pm) in reply to hldngaflush

    If you for sure get out if you say you did it, of course I would.

    What I would be scared of is if they then said "hes obv. guilty now, have to keep him in!"
     
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