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Sleuth Sindy
Sleuth Sindy
Pinball Wizard

Nov-9-2006 19:28

Can someone please refresh my memory as to what the exact formulae are to be able to safely accuse a suspect? I'm in my Sleuth senility stage.

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John Q. Publik
John Q. Publik
Old Shoe

Nov-9-2006 21:12

I have gotten an FA because I, too, once thought that PE + WE = Guilty. Trust me, that is not always the case. That was an expensive lesson to learn.

Serges
Serges
Vigilante

Nov-9-2006 21:41

you could be right Sindy, in the sense that each case MIGHT have multiple suspects with both PE and WE... i dont think anyone has done the requisite research to confirm that though, so i wouldn't EVER base a case decision on it...

onenanna
onenanna

Nov-9-2006 22:34

I'm with John Q. here. Have accused with only WE + PE and was a false accusation as well.

onenanna
onenanna

Nov-9-2006 22:36

"Please note, a piece of witness evidence and a piece of physical evidence without a fake/no alibi does not mean your suspect is necessarily guilty. "

Taken directly from the newbie FAQ sites.

biggie528
biggie528
Lucky Stiff

Nov-10-2006 00:33

I"ve always been told WE+PE does NOT equal guilty, and have definitely FAed on those before....

ichiban
ichiban
Well-Connected

Nov-10-2006 01:05

You cannot use the formula PE+WE=guilty by itself no matter what the WE is based on unless...You have figured out the amount of possible suspects with real and/or fake alibis. In fact I have been using Evita's Helper Page and it does the math for you so even if you have not spoken with a suspect or their alibi yourself, or if either one of them has clammed up and will not answer, if you get all possible fake or real alibis you then mark remaining suspects opposite. But you have to be sure of all the real and/or fake alibis that there are on the given case. The helper page figures it out and so far it has not been wrong for me(as long as the info I insert is correct) and I have been using it since oct. 27th on over 100cases in our agency.

Greyling
Greyling

Nov-10-2006 02:15

A test case I did a while back had 5 WEs - 2 for people with real alibis who both had PE against them, 1 real without PE and 2 WEs against the murderer.

I think any case can potentially have as many WEs as there are real alibis + the 2 WEs for the gulity party, so yes it should be possible to have PE+WE for every case, though of course that won't be enough to accuse :)

crunchpatty
crunchpatty
Old Shoe

Nov-10-2006 10:15

Just adding my voice to those who have made false accusations with just 1WE + 1 PE...

AraLives
AraLives
Battered Shoe

Nov-10-2006 10:46

Yup. Don't do it. Heartbreak.

ichiban
ichiban
Well-Connected

Nov-10-2006 10:54

The bottom line would be that
PE + fake/no alibi = guilty
WE + fake/no alibi = guilty
Those two formulas are FACT, ABSOLUTE, PERIOD CASE SOLVED MOVE
ON ALREADY!!
BUTT without any other kind of support or proof just by itself the formula
WE + WE (2WE) = NOTHING FOR SURE or maybe a POSITVELY MAYBE!!!
Accusing based on only 2WE will eventually end up with your Detective retired from too many FAs



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