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Situation
Situation puzzles (sometimes called lateral thinking puzzles) are ones where you need to ask lots of yes or no questions to figure out what happened in the situation. These are good puzzles for groups where one person knows the puzzle and answers the questions.Situation
Mad Ade's Uncle Mavis is standing on the platform of a train station. As a train pulls out of the station, he sees a woman aboard it waving. Uncle Mavis runs over to the train, gets on it and kills the woman. He gets off the train, goes to police and confesses to the murder. He then walks away from the police station without consequence.
Why did the police let Uncle Mavis go?
Why did the police let Uncle Mavis go?
Answer
The woman was the Uncle Mavis' wife (Mad Ade's Auntie Natel). Years ago she faked her own death and framed her husband. Uncle Mavis was convicted and served time for murder. In the country where this occurred, a person can not be prosecuted for the same crime twice. Since he had already served time, he could not be sentenced again.Hide Answer Show Answer
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