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Cooperation Erases Conspiracy

This trap appears as a wrong-answer choice in 1 active question. Spotting how it is built is the repair: read each example's “why it's attractive” before the “why it's wrong.”

Subject distribution

  • CRIMINAL1

Example wrong choices

  • 14707_hymnbook_customs · CRIMINAL · Choice ANo, because the evidence shows that both Ruth and Lydia possessed fentanyl.

    Why it's attractive

    Possession is visible, but agreement is the charged element.

    Why it's wrong

    Possession is visible, but agreement is the charged element.

  • 14707_hymnbook_customs · CRIMINAL · Choice BYes, because Ruth effectively withdrew from the conspiracy when she cooperated by giving a statement.

    Why it's attractive

    The statement happened after arrest and does not undo the agreement evidence.

    Why it's wrong

    The statement happened after arrest and does not undo the agreement evidence.

  • 14707_hymnbook_customs · CRIMINAL · Choice DYes, because the evidence shows only that Ruth and Lydia committed separate possession crimes.

    Why it's attractive

    The word only breaks because the statement points beyond separate possession.

    Why it's wrong

    The word only breaks because the statement points beyond separate possession.

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