Neoandy
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Once, a traffic cop stopped me when I exceeded the speed limit by 19 km on a highway. They were repairing the road, the limit was 40 km, and I was driving at 59 km. He told me I had violated the rules, and I replied, "Well, I did, what can I do now? I admit my guilt," with a sheepish look on my face. And he just said, "Don't do it again," and let me go.
Do you see the difference with our situation?
I'm more than sure that if Alex and Cobra had immediately said something like, "Sorry for the commotion, guys, it happened. We're guilty, but I (Alex) didn't watch the game, and Cobra will explain everything in detail to ease the tension in the community."
And do you think that after that, anyone would start fantasizing or launching a witch hunt? You know perfectly well that they wouldn't. I'm even sure there wouldn't have been any technical issues.
It's not for nothing that in criminal law, cooperation in solving a crime is the number one mitigating circumstance, and admitting guilt and repenting for the deed is the number two mitigating circumstance. And in the opposite case, it becomes an aggravating circumstance. So, everything turned out to be very close to a real court proceeding.
