What law states the second person gets caught instead of the first?

29 Nov
2009
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For example, Bill throws the paper airplane across the classroom without the teacher noticing. The teacher turns around and finds Jim holding the paper airplane, ready to throw it. Jim gets detention instead of Bill.

I was just curious. Is there a law that states that?

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2 Responses to What law states the second person gets caught instead of the first?

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davidmi711

November 29th, 2009 at 9:46 pm

Not covered in law, covered by school policy.

However, a general concept in law is that the fact that someone else committed the same crime and was not caught does not excuse others committing the same crime.

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duhmanyo

November 29th, 2009 at 9:55 pm

guilt by association

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