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May-18-2004 14:22

OK, I'm having trouble with false accusations. I'm at two right now and I have $1424 which is about $3000 short of what I need to clear my name. When I finish a case, even on the highest difficulty I'm capable of doing, I have to spend even more money on clearing my name than I recieved from the case. Is it just me or is the cost to clear false accusations a bit insane? I've been getting two pieces of evidence against suspects and they've been wrong lately. Also, I've been extremely unlucky with my Clients being guilty, so I'm getting very little money, if ever. I've had to sell most of my equipment to afford the clearing of my record. Any help would be appreciated including strategies. I am a Tough and Charming character.

May-19-2004 16:27

Jennifer, I hate to be argumentative, but I do not believe there has ever been a case where a suspect with the combination of motive + no/fake alibi + some piece of evidence has turned out to be innocent. There has been ongoing discussion of this in other threads.

On several occasions, people have claimed to have had such a case. In every instance where I have investigated, the detective turned out to be mistaken, meaning the suspect they incorrectly accused was missing one of those three things.

If you believe that you have had a case where such an error occured, please give me the title of the case and I'll look into it. I have investigated more than 10 such cases, and in each instance, the person making the claim had missed something important.

May-19-2004 17:57

I have solved over 400 cases using the criteria I just gave.

May-19-2004 18:14

400, .............................................wow, i haven't even reached 100

May-19-2004 22:12

I believe the problem may have to do with the interpretation of "None" alibi.

As I mentioned in other threads, if a suspect clams up before answering about his/her alibi, that is not a "None" alibi. It means you don't know about the alibi status of the suspect, so it should be classified as "unknown".

So yes, a suspect with "unknown" alibi and 2 pieces of evidence can still be innocent.

May-19-2004 22:43

Wow, thanks people. This will help a lot! I'm gonna go try it out.

May-19-2004 22:49

Oh, BTW, does a piece of witness evidence from someone with a fake alibi have less face-value than someone with a real alibi?

I could be wrong, but I remember I had a case with a no alibi, motive, and a piece of witness evidence (from a fake alibi suspect) not be guilty. Rather, the suspect who provided the witness evidence was to blame. I don't remember the name, but it is just an example.

May-19-2004 23:11

Once again, when you say "no alibi", what does that exactly mean?

May-20-2004 00:11

I mean they literally say "Not that it's any of your business, but I don't have any."

May-20-2004 00:47

"None" is just as bad as "Fake" in all the cases I've done. I don't remember if I've done 400. :)

May-20-2004 01:05

Yes, it indeed is weird if a "None" alibi person with evidence turn out innocent. Sleuth Admin has investigated several of such claims but found no bug. I myself have never really encountered such a thing.