# I pit DrDeth **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 28, 2021, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971 "2021-02-28T19:52:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2227
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2025, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/2227 "2025-04-12T04:48:34Z")
He does it yet again. In this thread, I make a point, saying that a talking head on YouTube (actually a practicing attorney) says “to use this defense, you need to do A.” He say, "I dont think so " and posts a quote from a cite which literally says, “to use this defense, you need to do A.” > [@4 University of Idaho students stabbed to death \[November 16, 2022\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/4-university-of-idaho-students-stabbed-to-death-november-16-2022/975063/788): > > I dont think so- what you can do is raise a"reasonable doubt". [Faculty Publications | Case Western Reserve University School of Law](https://scholarlycommons.law.case.edu/faculty_publications/) 819/ [‘Somebody else did it’ — a rare, but powerful, criminal defense – Twin Cities](https://www.twincities.com/2013/11/09/somebody-else-did-it-a-rare-but-powerful-criminal-defense/) that article explains that usually-At the most formal level, the claim that someone other than the defendant committed a crime is known as an alternative perpetrator defense. It’s a strategy in which the defense introduces concrete evidence to flesh out an explanation of why someo… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971)._