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Re:Former University of Iowa Hospital employee used fake ide... by AnarchismIsCool on Friday April 05, 2024 @12:01AM (#39938567)
There should never be anything wrong with lying to the police... They're allowed to lie to you.

In the article's situation it was causing ongoing harm to another person so this is still pretty bad though

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Re:Former University of Iowa Hospital employee used fake ide... by Ekaros on Friday April 05, 2024 @02:17AM (#39939209)
I always found it so weird that in some legal systems defendant can't lie or interrogation is not very strict process where only final statement is signed...
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Re:Former University of Iowa Hospital employee used fake ide... by thaumasiotes on Friday April 05, 2024 @08:32AM (#39941598)
I'm with you on lying to the police.

But note that, according to the article, lying to the police was viewed as a minor crime. The major one was giving his bank a false name. The bank isn't even, notionally, an arm of the state.

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