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To not understand why people won't admit guilt?

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tinyme77 · 30/04/2025 22:14

Why do people, when faced with conclusive evidence of their guilt, still deny it? E.g. the guys that cut down the sycamore tree filmed themselves doing it but are still claiming that they aren't guilty. Do they think that they will get away with it?

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JorgyPorgy · 01/05/2025 08:54

They’re wasting more public money by pleading no guilty. Their fines and community service should be increased

willstarttomorrow · 30/04/2025 23:11

It is also a way to delay a custodial sentence. For example, someone I am working with is facing trial for rape. He pleaded not guilty at the plea hearing and therefore remains on bail until the court date which is in late 2026. Remand awaiting trial is very rare.

Sayithowiseeit · 30/04/2025 23:06

In the slim chance that they will get off

BitOutOfPractice · 30/04/2025 22:42

The slim chance that there’ll be reasonable doubt?

The sycamore two do seem to be unfathomably dim don’t they?

my exDP denied cheating, to my face, even when I presented him with irrefutable proof. It was staggering.

WeAreAllBucked · 30/04/2025 22:35

I think it’s because they are psychopaths. A normal person couldn’t do it.

Somethingthecatdraggedin7 · 30/04/2025 22:19

Stupidity I suppose. Mixed with wildly misplaced superiority that they can get away with it and their obvious lies will be believed.
You see this so often on police documentaries like 24 hours in police custody etc.
I have the misfortune to know somebody like this in real life. I cannot fathom their cognitive process at all.

Nn9011 · 30/04/2025 22:16

Majority of people who go to prison for large crimes have confessed at some stage or plead guilty. I don't know the statistics for non violent crime but I'd imagine it's probably not too different with the exception of plea deals being offered. It's surprising how often people who are subjectively guilty will be found not, we have a very high bar for being convicted of a crime.