Salacious Alibi More Credible If You Lie About It At First, Maastricht University Reveals

If you are suspected of a crime, you might be better off if you lie about an alibi in the first place and subsequently admit that you were in the company of an adulterous lover: it is even more credible than if you state this salacious alibi immediately. Legal psychologist Ricardo Nieuwkamp discovered this during his research on alibis. He carried out his project at Maastricht University with funding from the Open Competition of NWO.