Pled guilty to protect someone guilty.
This probably happens more often than the average person realizes, either for altruistic and familial reasons, or because a guilty rich person paid someone a lot of money to confess and spend a few years behind bars in his or her place. I bet most readers probably instinctively assumed the “altruistic and familial reasons” in association with my story. The word “protect” kind of conjures that sentiment up. Is there a better word than “protect” if the Speaker is doing it for money?
If one can set aside the ethical, legal, and moral implications of this type of action (obviously that can’t happen – but for the sake of the thought exercise we’ll pretend we can), I wonder what the amount of money would be wherein I would agree to give up that much of my life.
Does everybody have a price? I’ve been wrestling wit that question for decades.
Dusty Writes 
5 responses to “Six Word Story #12”
I read of a murder case where that happened (allegedly) and the motivation was a triple whammy – the guy who confessed was paid, and he did it because the person who was murdered had wronged him and he wanted people to believe he took revenge, and because he wanted to get off the streets because some other people were gunning for him
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I guess if you’re going to get paid, you should enjoy what you’re doing.
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sadly , many do….thankfully not all.
an interesting one, Dusty 🤍
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Thank you! It took a bleaker path than I intended but that does happen sometimes.
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my pleasure…very much enjoyed, bleak and all lol 💫
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