Innocent Man
Trivia brain teasers have some element of trivia in them, but they are not just pure trivia questions.
A man, who is a citizen of the United States and is completely innocent of the crime he is being questioned for in the police interrogation, walks out of the room and is consequentially sent to jail. How can an innocent man be sent to jail if the cops know he's not guilty?
Answer
U.S. law mandates that anyone on parole who walks out of a police interrogation be sent to jail for 30 days, regardless of his innocence in the crime.
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griphook  
Apr 07, 2004
| Interesting law. State or Federal? |
amqrcl
Apr 07, 2004
| hmmm......  |
Palsha 
Apr 07, 2004
| Federal. |
horse_luver 
Apr 09, 2004
| There are many possible answers to this teaser... I was led to believe that he confessed to a different crime than the one he was being questioned for. That wod work too, wouldn't it?  |
Gidgie  
Apr 17, 2004
| I guessed the man in question worked at the jail, so he was just going back to work after taking some time off for questioning.  |
lucylizzy
Apr 21, 2004
| yes I thought it was something like he worked in a jail or something. Now at least I know I'm not the only one! |
ghostshadow
Jun 04, 2004
| Down with that law!  |
siameseifuplz
Jun 04, 2004
| Maybe this should be under trivia. |
elfqueen
Jul 12, 2004
| very good teaser, although not living in USA I did not get it!  |
annie9698
Feb 17, 2005
| Perhaps you could have mentioned that the man had been in jail before, or was on parole...
Seems like we needed just a bit more information; otherwise, it could have numerous solutions. |
kcelf27
May 02, 2005
| I don't think it matters if you were in jail before, or on parole, or anything. You can't just walk out if you are in a police station being questioned for a crime.
Although I thought he was sent to jail to talk to another person about the crime. A 'buddy' maybe. |
sweetime
May 24, 2005
| (excluding the parole provision) unless you're under arrest for a crime, you're always free to leave during an interrogation/questioning/investigation - i decided that it was just 'coz the police were nasty |
Lunar_Light
Jun 11, 2005
| How did they let this get into "trick"? This isn't even a brainteaser, becasue it's just the application of trivial trivia. But good anyway! |
JessicaG
Oct 12, 2005
| This is not a trick teaser in any sense of the word. this should be moved to trivia. There's no misdirection, and no one outside of the US would know the answer. Don't forget that you have a multitude of readers outside your country. |
metallicman
Nov 14, 2005
| I liked it. Another reason why people should just have common sense and not get angry. Good teaser  |
facr_1
Dec 16, 2005
| And this falls into the TRICK category?  |
xolilangel827ox
Mar 28, 2006
| i didnt really think this should be in the trick section, the trivia mite be better?! |
akl21
Aug 04, 2006
| You mentioned he was on parole...? |
fedex337
Nov 15, 2006
| this should be a trivia teaser |
mercedes13
Apr 01, 2007
| i said he went to visit the guilty guy |
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