TromboneAl
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Please help me brainstorm this idea.
In an upcoming book, the defendant (Bob) will have a secret. If he reveals it, he will be acquitted, but he's willing to go to prison (or be executed) to keep it a secret.
SPOILER ALERT
The secret? Bob recently learned that the man his daughter married is her brother (he'd been given up for adoption at birth). Bob knows it will ruin their lives and break up their family if they find out.
I need to figure out a way that he will be acquitted only if he reveals the secret.
My current thinking is that he was meeting with someone at the time of the murder, giving him an alibi. But if people learn who he was meeting, they'll be able to figure out the secret.
Alternatively, the person he met with is blackmailing him, and if police/news media start looking into that, the blackmailer will reveal all.
Any other ideas for how revealing the secret will save Bob?
Thanks!
In an upcoming book, the defendant (Bob) will have a secret. If he reveals it, he will be acquitted, but he's willing to go to prison (or be executed) to keep it a secret.
SPOILER ALERT
The secret? Bob recently learned that the man his daughter married is her brother (he'd been given up for adoption at birth). Bob knows it will ruin their lives and break up their family if they find out.
I need to figure out a way that he will be acquitted only if he reveals the secret.
My current thinking is that he was meeting with someone at the time of the murder, giving him an alibi. But if people learn who he was meeting, they'll be able to figure out the secret.
Alternatively, the person he met with is blackmailing him, and if police/news media start looking into that, the blackmailer will reveal all.
Any other ideas for how revealing the secret will save Bob?
Thanks!