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* Invoked on an episode of ''Series/{{CSINY}}''. Aiden accuses their suspect of slamming the VictimOfTheWeek's head in his pizza oven (what killed him; they can't prove the suspect was the actual person who did it, since none of the witnesses co-operated), but then bluffs him by also accusing him of then chasing the suspect and stabbing him to death (which they know didn't happen). Thus the suspect assumes his attack didn't kill the suspect and accidentally implicates himself thinking he's invoking this trope.

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* Invoked on an episode of ''Series/{{CSINY}}''. ''Series/{{CSINY}}'': In "[[Recap/CSINYS01E09 Officer Blue]]", Aiden accuses their suspect of slamming the VictimOfTheWeek's head in his pizza oven (what killed him; they can't prove the suspect was the actual person who did it, since none of the witnesses co-operated), but then bluffs him by also accusing him of then chasing the suspect and stabbing him to death (which they know didn't happen). Thus the suspect assumes his attack didn't kill the suspect and accidentally implicates himself thinking he's invoking this trope.
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*** Inverted in the DLC case, as [[spoiler:the cornered and defeated culprit admits to murder, due to being unintentionally responsible for the victim's death over a moot point and he was a BenevolentBoss, now [[DeathSeeker wishing for a harsh punishment]]. Phoenix however, asks the Judge to hold his Not Guilty verdict for the defendant, and proves with some unaccounted-for fingerprints of the culprit on a ladder and on the victim's body that he actually tried to ''save'' him, but failed due to the victim [[DrivenToSuicide intentionally letting go and falling to his death]]. The Judge instead hopes that the culprit will be rehabilitated now that he's just being charged for covering up the death and trying to frame the defendant. He gets better.]]

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*** Inverted in the DLC case, as [[spoiler:the cornered and defeated culprit admits to murder, due to being unintentionally responsible for the victim's death over a moot point and he was a BenevolentBoss, now [[DeathSeeker wishing for a harsh punishment]]. Phoenix however, asks the Judge to hold his Not Guilty verdict for the defendant, and proves with some unaccounted-for fingerprints of the culprit on a ladder and on the victim's body that he actually tried to ''save'' him, but failed due to the victim [[DrivenToSuicide [[HeroicSacrifice intentionally letting go and falling to his death]]. The Judge instead hopes that the culprit will be rehabilitated now that he's just being charged for covering up the death and trying to frame the defendant. He gets better.]]

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