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You are the police chief for the city of Trunsville. Your records, all on computer, were deleted by a virus. Fortunately, you have remembered the following:
You have to get the data back before the criminals are released due to the lack of records!
Criminals: Larry, Judith, Dwayne, Nicholas, Marty.
Crime: Murder, assault, thief, robber, rape.
Sentences: 5 years, 10 years, 25 years, life, death.
Here is what you remember:
(1) Larry was the murderer.
(2) Marty got 5 or 10 years.
(3) Neither Nicholas nor Dwayne would ever leave prison alive (all others will)
(4) The lady got 25 years.
(5) Nicholas was not the thief.
(6) The thief got life.
(7) The assaulter got more than 10 years but did not get death.
(8) The rapist gets 5 years.
You have to get the data back before the criminals are released due to the lack of records!
Criminals: Larry, Judith, Dwayne, Nicholas, Marty.
Crime: Murder, assault, thief, robber, rape.
Sentences: 5 years, 10 years, 25 years, life, death.
Here is what you remember:
(1) Larry was the murderer.
(2) Marty got 5 or 10 years.
(3) Neither Nicholas nor Dwayne would ever leave prison alive (all others will)
(4) The lady got 25 years.
(5) Nicholas was not the thief.
(6) The thief got life.
(7) The assaulter got more than 10 years but did not get death.
(8) The rapist gets 5 years.
Answer
Larry the murderer got 10 years.Judith the assaulter got 25 years.
Dwayne the thief got life.
Nicholas the robber got death.
Marty the rapist got 5 years.
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that was a really good one!! I enjooyed it! a whole 30 seconds of enjoyment...(I gave up even after using the grd!!)
That was good - I got it after I wrote it down. Only thing is, I would not want to live in a town where the thief and robber get life and death and the murderer only gets 10 years. Help...find me a Judge!
It's not every teaser that starts out by telling you who the murderer is...
u stole my cat
yeah its kinda sad that robbing turns to death in that town
nice to solve though =)
nice to solve though =)
that is so not realistic... come on murderer gets life or death not a robber. that is PATHETIC not one of the good teasers thats for sure.. it would be better if it was more real
i agree that murder should get life or death....
very non-realistic.....
gud try
very non-realistic.....
gud try
easy...but fun
its not supposed to be real life its a bit of fun!!!!!
it was good. I enjoyed it.
Its a good idea to make it unrealistic, cos otherwise the answer would be a lot more obvious. GR8 Teaser.
nice teaser, I enjoyed it! I agree with what was said earlier, if you put down the obvious sentences for the crimes than it would be too easy! Good Job!
This was really fun , but it was too easy! i don't know if it's a good thing or not!
I liked the screwy justice system idea, not that i'd want to live there If the punishments fit the crimes, the puzzle would have been way too easy.
im never going to that town! youll get murdered before you get robbed! nice teaser, though
WOW I got that one!
If the teasers started dealing in real life it would take the fun out of it. Easy but fun
TESTING 1 2 3
Ok, I tried to comment 2 times before and it wouldn't add my comment. Then I put something dumb and it worked? OH WELL, to the point then... EASY BUT FUN!
too easy, but I do agree that the sentences don't fit the crime.
i love logic problems! got this one quick but it was still fun. (and the sentences were just fine considering they would have made this even quicker to solve were they realistic)
Don't really make sense the fact that the crime don't fit the punishment, but I guess it makes it more less understandable. I still got it though!!!!! PEACE, and next time try to be more realistic. Alright?
I got it!! I got it1 But I must agree with the others- the murderer got away with a tap on the wrist. What's going on here? I still am not sure what makes a good teaser???
This teaser was tough! I could not figure it out!
Apr 29, 2005
This is soooo much fun. I LOVE logic puzzles. It was easy, but only after going through it enough to get my mind in the right gear This just made computer science soooo much more bearable
This was a pretty easy one and I have to also agree not very realistic. I did enjoy it but it was not very challenging.
Made me think. You could say it's not realistic, but I like to think that the unexpected terms for the more serious crimes made it less predictable. Liked it
This is the first brain teaser I have been able to solve in the week or so that I have been using this site! I also love logic puzzles! Please keep them coming!
This is the first brain teaser I have been able to solve in the week or so that I have been using this site! I also love logic puzzles! Please keep them coming!
Um, I think the punishments for the crimes committed did not match the crime. However, these teasers are always fun to try and figure out.
that waz a good one but u should of made it more realistic.
Punishments not matching makes it harder, more fun. I liked it. Nice and short, the way Logic Grids should be.
ok people At first u say its too easy.. then u say to make it realistic.. THA T WILL MAKE IT EVEN EASIER... braingle is for challenges so if u want to cheat and just say "ooh murder deserves life or death" then go somewhere else.. and VERY NICE TEASE ICONOFSIN
ok people At first u say its too easy.. then u say to make it realistic.. THA T WILL MAKE IT EVEN EASIER... braingle is for challenges so if u want to cheat and just say "ooh murder deserves life or death" then go somewhere else.. and VERY NICE TEASE ICONOFSIN
oops it double posted it
really easy and kinda dull...
it was good and it depends on the offence and alot of other stuff so the extream punishments could have been big repeat offenders
love this type of teaser, the grid makes it so easy. On paper I end up with a mess!
murder gets ten years but a robber gets death????
I got it! I thought it was fun. I agree, if the crimes would have fit the sentences then it would have took all the fun away and been much more easier.
that was real clever that was funny hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! that was funny
Good one
didida hey am i doing this right? wow that was great. i cant believe how great that was. i got it right away but it was still fun. how was that?
libra0890
libra0890
really fun!! i got it but i had to write it down but yea awesome one!
Boy the punishment really didn't fit the crime....but fun.
Fun not what I would expent for who got what.
Isnt a rodder the same as a thief? ܬçè»
I agree with al the people above that the crimes don't fit the punishments but that's what makes it a teaser.
It was really easy though.
great job
-Sassy101
It was really easy though.
great job
-Sassy101
all of the people complaining about the punishment not fitting the crime did not mention f yrs for rape that is interesting!!!!!!!!!
five years for rape i mean
How the heck did the rapist get 5 years and the robber got death?!?!?!?!?!?!
that's bull !@#$
that's bull !@#$
I you want to avoid the crazy comments about reality, then make sure you mention that it's in a land far far away, or a galaxy, etc. It annoyed me that the rapist only got 5 years but the girl who k.o.'d someone got 25? Good Try though! Thanks
wow! i would think that a murderer got more punishment that a theif or a robber. i dont wanna live there!
I love Logic-Grid puzzles. Great Job. I agree with some of the other comments that the sentences shouldn't be realistic because then i would be easier and way less fun to try and figure out. Keep making them.
aww i got nicholas and marty mixed up. lol
very non realistic. but fun! xD
very non realistic. but fun! xD
Nice teaser! I agree that if you went by what the logical sentences would have been, the puzzle would have been too easy to figure out. The point of these things is to NEVER ASSUME. Good job and thanks for the teaser!
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