You witness a terrible crime, committed by your mother or best friend or any relative. You know its a 25+ prison term. You also know the police arrested an innocent person, but you don't like the person, what would you really do?

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John Doe Profile
John Doe answered

I'd have to turn them in, right is right and I couldn't in good conscience let an innocent person be in prison for something that I knew they didn't do....family or no family.

Cookie Roma Profile
Cookie Roma answered

I remember when Ted Kazcynski's brother went to the FBI to tell them that he believed it was his brother that they were looking for.  In fact he was in deed the Unabomber.  You could see the pain he felt doing this but he knew the killing would continue until his brother was apprehended .  I would certainly feel I would have to report a loved one.  Whether or not I liked the "innocent" person that was in custody wouldn't play into my decision. 

Didge Doo Profile
Didge Doo answered

In the words of Yul Brynner, that's a puzzlement.

I doubt if it's possible (for me) to answer without a specific crime in mind. Obviously it has to be a doozy to be worth 25 years free accommodation but, as Cookie pointed out, sometimes that's the only course of action to take.

Of course, if the innocent-presumed-guilty party was one of a couple of politicians I can think of I might be tempted to keep my mouth shut.

Charles Davis Profile
Charles Davis answered

I couldn't live with myself, if I didn't turn my relative in. I could not see an innocent person being prosecuted and going to jail over something they didn't do.

Walt O'Reagun Profile
Walt O'Reagun answered

A crime that bad ... Probably a reward for information ... So definitely turn them in.  Also, they were stupid enough to either tell me they did it, or leave me as a witness ... Another reason to turn them in.

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