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Fabricated Rule Ear Overclaim

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

  • 19996_root-cellar-naomi · CRIMINAL · Choice AYes, but only if Naomi was aware of her confinement throughout the entire five-hour period.

    Why it's attractive

    The 'throughout the entire period' clause invents a qualifier no rule imposes. Students cut it as Too Much — an extra condition with no legal source.

    Why it's wrong

    The 'throughout the entire period' clause invents a qualifier no rule imposes. Students cut it as Too Much — an extra condition with no legal source.

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