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Veanne
Since: Jul, 2012
21st Mar, 2024 11:09:25 PM
If the detective is pointing it out, that would be Pull the Thread. Otherwise - might be too specific.
PCD
Since: May, 2021
22nd Mar, 2024 11:26:05 AM
Generally, Hypocrite.
A person committed a murder, and claims in his defense that he was trying to protect his daughter from being led astray by the victim, which he claims would cause her to be killed by God. However, of he really believed this, he would never burn down a church—which he did in order to hide his crime.