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👀 Check the witness
A witness can be honest and still be wrong. Good judges ask what the witness could really see or hear: how far away, how dark, how long, and whether they knew the person.
👀 In the game: “Check the witness”
Ask what a witness could really see.
You learn this law in Can Old Tock see that far?, in the Sun-Gear mystery. Then you can pass it in your town Council, where it belongs to 🛡️ Order.
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Every law in the game has an upside and a cost, just like real rules.
In real life
Studies of real cases show that mistaken eyewitnesses are one of the most common reasons innocent people are convicted. Courts now treat eyewitness memory with care.
Think about it
Think of a time you were sure you saw something and turned out to be wrong. What made your memory slip?