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Would you lie under oath to protect someone you believe is innocent?

Scenario

You are certain they didn't do it. The evidence says otherwise.

Reflection prompt

Courts exist because private certainty about innocence is often wrong. Your conviction is evidence to you, not to anyone else.

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