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From: decot@cwruecmp.UUCP (Dave Decot)
Newsgroups: net.legal
Subject: Re: "Beating the Rap"
Message-ID: <988@cwruecmp.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 11-Feb-84 22:19:05 EST
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Posted: Sat Feb 11 22:19:05 1984
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.   From: twh@mb2c.UUCP (Tim Hitchcock):

    If you are honest enough to admit guilt, *society* will punish you,
    whereas if you lie, you walk. Now . . . tell me what the intelligent
    choice is ?

Admit guilt.  If you don't deserve the sentence, you can fight it in court.
You may in doing so put an end to some unjust legislation.  This benefits you
and prevents unfair punishment of others, which would have embittered them,
and may have led them to commit actual crimes for "revenge against the system."

Lying may get you caught in a perjury rap, and even if it doesn't, you have
unfairly gained advantage over someone else.  If you encourage this practice,
you increase the chances that someone will do it to you someday.

There is too much disinformation these days;  it can only be stopped by
responsible truthfulness.

Dave Decot		 "Non-Americans are people, too."
decvax!cwruecmp!decot    (Decot.Case@rand-relay)