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Cobble
Cobble

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.

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Fat Chuck
Fat Chuck

May-18-2004 14:30

Strategy (1) Read the FAQ
Strategy (2) Don't guess. You must have THREE things to ID the correct suspect. a MOTIVE, a piece of EVIDENCE, and lack of valid ALIBI.

Don't accuse unless you have all three and you won't get falses.

Justice
Justice

May-18-2004 15:52

you mean a piece of physical evidence, a piece of witness evidence and a lack of valid alibi? (obviously you cant accuse someone without a motive...)
as with false accusations, tackle less difficult cases is my suggestion...personally i only take on cases where i'm comfortable with and move up a level when i obtain new skills/equipment...right now i've got the option to play incredibly hard but i haven't even tried really really hard yet...

Fat Chuck
Fat Chuck

May-18-2004 15:56

No Justice. I mean exactly what I said. And it IS important to mention the MOTIVE since so many who don't read the FAQ also ask about that.

one motive, one lack of alibi and one piece of evidence = one guilty party.

Wayne Williams Jr.
Wayne Williams Jr.
Well-Connected

May-18-2004 23:33

Yes, moving to a lower level would be a good idea. If you're spending too much money on bribing witnesses, and cannot make much money out of a case, you could try a lower level case where you don't have to bribe that much.

Wayne Williams Jr.
Wayne Williams Jr.
Well-Connected

May-18-2004 23:36

Yes, moving to a lower level would be a good idea. If you're spending too much money on bribing witnesses, and cannot make much money out of a case, you could try a lower level case where you don't have to bribe that much.

Jennifer Massoli
Jennifer Massoli

May-19-2004 15:54

I've had plenty of cases where motive + lack of alibi + one piece of evidence got me the wrong killer. I'm talking about either 1 piece of witness evidence or 1 piece of physical evidence. Sometimes, a witness leaves bloody footprints, sometimes an accessory leaves threatening notes, so often just one clue isn't enough, two is usually good though, in my experience.

Sleuth Admin
Sleuth Admin
Tale Spinner

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.


Fat Chuck
Fat Chuck

May-19-2004 17:57

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

james lee
james lee

May-19-2004 18:14

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

Wayne Williams Jr.
Wayne Williams Jr.
Well-Connected

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.

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