# Perjury Trap

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perjury-trap/916789>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 30, 2020, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perjury-trap/916789 "2020-07-30T04:12:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2020, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perjury-trap/916789/7 "2020-07-31T06:22:44Z")

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> [@jtur88](#):
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> Can we have a hypothetical example of a question an innocent person might be inclined to lie to?

> [@Peter\_Morris](#):
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> Somebody was at a meeting of AA at the moment a particular crime occurred. He does not want anyone to know that he is an alcoholic. He wishes to keep it a private matter.

Here’s something that really happened:

> **[Man guilty of adultery, not murder](https://tulsaworld.com/archive/man-guilty-of-adultery-not-murder/article_0eb3158a-07a8-58aa-8496-d62767d05cc3.html)**
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> PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- For a guy who claimed to be innocent, Jeffrey Scott Hornoff behaved an awful lot like a guilty man.

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