Would you lie for your partner to keep them out of jail?

Question

Would you lie for your partner to keep them out of jail?

Answer 1

It depends.  If it was something minor I would lie for them but not if it was something serious like rape or murder.

Answer 2

lmao um, hes sooo straight laced, um, i think i will have to ask my bf if he would lie for me instead lol much more realistic haha just kidding im not bad really!! i would really have to talk to him about what he did and why he did it. saying that, he has very  strong politicial views and if he ended up in jail it would be probably because of some political protest. and he would probably WANT to go because he would be a martyr for his cause or whatever, groan, and wouldnt let me lie so he could make his point. i will have to ask him if hed lie for me. but he may get funny and ask what ive done!! LOL hmm...  

Answer 3

This is the dilemma between love and trust on one hand and law and order and truth on the other.  A horrible situation to have to choose.  My home and my heart are sanctuaries as much as a monastery is a sanctuary.  I do not welcome anyone defiling that sanctuary.

I would find it very hard to lie, even for the one I love.  But I certainly would not volunteer any information, and if I was put in this position, I would warn my loved one of my predicament and give her the opportunity to get away.  

Sneaking on a loved one is betraying a sacred trust, and undermines the whole point of being here.  It is worse than pretty well any crime. The exception would be though if a serious crime - a murder say, could be prevented by me speaking up - then I would.  But lying to a direct question - that I would find practically impossible, and whoever loved me that much ought to know that about me.

I was thinking of Maxine Carr.  She has been forced to change her identity and live in permanent hiding and fear from vigilante attack because of one stupid lie to protect her boyfriend, when she was under questioning about the murder of those two girls in Soham.  It was wrong I think to charge her.  There are some relationships where it is unreasonable to expect a betrayal of trust of this sort. The police ought to have known that she may well protect him, and any jury would treat her alibi with a pinch of salt. Prosecuting Counsel would ask the very question you asked.

In fact her lie probably helped the police nail Ian Huntley, since because by working out she was lying, they also knew that that they had found their murderer, and then it was just a matter of gathering sufficient evidence.

Answer 4

depending on what the crime is sure. a stupid misdemeanor, ok, a felony, not ok