After talking about the Barry Bonds perjury case and the refusal of his former trainer Greg Anderson to speak to Federal Prosecutors (for which he has spent over 1 year in prison) - I pose the following questions for you... Would you go to prison for someone who you knew to be guilty of the crime they swear they did not commit? Is it deviant to cover up for someone even if you will be repaid later on for your silence?
23 March 2011
Would You Go To Prison????
After talking about the Barry Bonds perjury case and the refusal of his former trainer Greg Anderson to speak to Federal Prosecutors (for which he has spent over 1 year in prison) - I pose the following questions for you... Would you go to prison for someone who you knew to be guilty of the crime they swear they did not commit? Is it deviant to cover up for someone even if you will be repaid later on for your silence?
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I would never go to prison for someone else, not even my family. If a person has committed a crime, they need to take the responsibility, not me. I don't care how close I am with the, even if it's my mother. It would be painful to watch her go to prison, but she would need to think about what she had done. I think that it is deviant to cover up for someone, even if you are repaid later. By doing so, you're letting the real criminal run loose while you are wrongly jailed. In a way, by covering up for someone, you're breaking the law. You're obstructing the law and it will only hurt you and your reputation in the end. That can't be fixed no matter how much you get in return.
I would not go to prison for someone that had committed a crime, said they didn't do it, but I knew they were. I feel like this wouldn't be fair to me or to them either becaues I feel like that person needs to take responsibility for thier actions. I also feel like by letting them off the hook, they would just be more likely to make that mistake again. That right there wouldn't be good for society. I do think that it would be deviant by covering up a crime, even though I might be repaid later one. I think that this would be harmful to society by letting that criminal stay out, and it would also be lying under oath. I don't think that any good could come out of that. I feel like it would just bring more harm, and there would be no going back to change their mistakes.
Julia Gonsalves
Period 7
I would not be able to go to prison for someone else. As much as I wouldn't want to see someone that I was close to go to prison, if they committed a crime and I knew that they were guilty, I would find it necessary to tell the truth. Not only for my own sake, but because that's what's right. It is definitely deviant to cover up something that is considered to be illegal because it's breaking the law and going against our society's social norms. I don't see why I should lie about something huge that I would have no part in. I can understand the reasoning behind why other people might, but personally, I wouldn't be able to handle lying and I would certainly not be able to handle prison. I believe that there are consequences for every action a person makes, whether it be good or bad, right or wrong, there is always something to follow what has been done. If someone I knew chose to do the wrong thing, then that would be their own fault and they would have to deal with what is dealt to them next.
I could never go to prison for someone, even if they were a close friend or family. I don't understand how a person could give up their life and have such a terrible stigma put upon them for something they did not do. If I knew I did not belong in prison but someone else did, I could not justify letting go of my life for them. Furthermore, what kind of world would it be if someone terrible got caught for their crime but gave enough evidence to prove they may not have done it and someone else might have? It is scary to think of what would happen if murderers could just let someone else rot in prison for them while they walk around free and killing more and more people. If you break the law and try to blame someone else, you are not only a terribly immoral person, but also you are hurting the natural structure of our society. If you do something wrong, YOU need to take responsibility for it, and not let someone else take the blame.
I wouldn't go to prison for someone I worked for and especially if he is lying. I think he should be a man and confess because if he continues lying it's only going to get worse. However if it was for a loved one then I would stay in prison for as long as I can because I wouldn't want someone else I care about to go to prison. I do believe it is deviant to cover up for someone but it is a similar concept to robin hood, you sometimes have to do deviance to do some good (in case if anyone doesn't know who robin hood is, he stole from the rich and gave to the poor). I also disagree with Chantelle, I would never want someone like my mother go to prison because if it was my mother, I believe she went through enough pain giving birth to me and raising my brothers and I, she wouldn't deserve it.
I definitely would go to prison for someone else, just not someone I train or work with. See, I know that certain people in my life would definitely go to prison for me, hence I'd return the favor. If my father, mother, or best friend, for example, were being convicted of a crime that I know for a fact they didn't commit, I would definitely testify in their name, regardless of weather or not I have to go to jail for it. And if my testimony would be the only way that they'd go to jail, I wouldn't testify in that case either. I wouldn't be the one to send my family or friends to jail, and I would definitely cut my losses and take some prison time by doing so. Like I said, I know there's certain people that would do it for me, and as a matter of fact I've been in a situation like that, just not as extreme. All in all, I know who would have my back and who wouldn't, so dependent on the person, I wouldn't dare send them to prison to save myself.
In most cases I would not go to jail for anyone. But depending on what they're going to jail for might change my mind. If it were something minor that did not really harm anyone, then I would most likely go to jail for my mom or my younger brother. This is only because I would not be able to sit around and have to think about what they might be going through in prison. I do not think that they would be able to live in prison, and I believe I would be better off in the cell than them. They would then live with the guilt which I believe is worse than living in jail, so they most likely will not make the same mistake.
I think it would really have to depend on the situation. It would depend on who commited the crime, what crime they commited, and what them going to jail would mean for others. If my brother broke into a gorcery store at night to feed his children, and him going to jail would leave them orphans, I'd go to jail for him in a heart beat. However if my best friend commited arson purely to spite an ex-boyfriend, there's no way I'd be going to jail for her. I don't think we can positively say we would or would not go to jail for someone until placed in that situation.
I don't think I would ever go to prison for anyone let alone someone I'm working with, whether they're a huge celebrity. I feel that if someone does a crime or something bad they should be punished for it. Why should I be punished for a crime I never did? I just feel like that's morally wrong and I feel it's even wrong to cover up for someone else like that. What if Barry Bonds was being caught for murder instead of just a purgery and steroids case and his trainer still covered for him? Then that would mean that a murderer would still be on the streets and could repeat their crime over again. It's definitly deviant to cover up for another person even if it is doing something nice for the other person. I wouldn't even go to prison for my family I don't think. It would be hard but if they did a significant crime I feel as though they need to have the right punishments.
-Molly Jones
I personally would not go to jail for someone who committed a crime even if they swore they did not commit it. I think, as other people have said, they need to take responsibility for what they have done. Also, since they did commit a crime I would not want to take the blame for it and I think they should be the one to go to prison because that would be the punishment they deserve for committing the crime. I think maybe if that person just accepted their punishment, rather than me taking the punishment for them, there would be less of a chance that they would commit another crime. Also, as someone else said, the situation would just become worse for them if I took the blame for them and they continued to deny the crime. I think even if you were repaid later on it would still be deviant to cover up for someone. Covering up for someone is kind of like not telling the whole truth which is the same as lying. Lying about a crime wouldn't help the situation at all so I would consider it to be deviant.
Sara Siviski
No, absolutely not. There would be no way I would go to prison for anyone especial if I knew they were guilty of the crime they had committed. In are law system and my personal morals it would be wrong and deviant to cover up for someone’s wrong doings. Although if keeping silent would benefit you in a way that might keep you out of jail or trouble then it would be in your best interest to do so.
i disagree with going to prison for someonelse. why would i go to prison for someonelse if i did not do the crime so i dont have to serve my time for something i did not do. I would never spend my time in jail for someonelse and lose my freedom to see my family and friends and it does not help getting a job and losing your good reputation everyone would think you are a bad person in society.
I would NEVER go to jail for something I didnt do. Jail isnt a fun place to be and I wouldnt give up my freedom for anyone especially a friend. If you are really my friend then you wouldnt make me do the time for your crime. Its not just being in jail that sucks when you get out its hard to find a good job. Nobody wants to hire a convicted felon and and society will think badly of me. although I dont care what anyone thinks of me it woould be better for them to think highly of me.
I would also never go to prison for someone else's wrong doings even if there was an incentive in it for me in the end such as money like it probably is in the Barry Bonds case. Not only are you aiding in someone committing a deviant crime but you are also allowing them to not get rightfully punished for their wrongdoing. It will stigmatize you as a coward who has no self-respect or even as a deviant person. Your name and reputation would be permanently stained with no chance of redeeming yourself. If Barry Bonds gets away with this crime, then he will just continue to commit deviant acts. Punishments for crimes are given out to reduce repetitive deviant behavior. Therefore, if Barry Bonds somehow “ducks under the radar” he will never learn his lesson. If one would go to jail for Barry Bonds, you would let a deviant person escape their responsibilities and deserved punishment which, in turn, makes you deviant without a doubt.
I know for 100 percent that I would not go to prison for someone who I know to be guilty of the crime they swear they did not commit. I truly think that every one that breaks the law should be held a countable for their actions. Also I think it would be cowardly for some one to have another person do jail time for them and for that person to do the time if they didn’t do the crime. In Barry Bonds case his former trainer Greg Anderson had been doing time for him and they say that he is probably getting money for doing so but I know that there’s no money in the world for me to do time for something didn’t do. The reason for that is because your life can be ruined for doing time and people may think less of you and it can affect ones’ pride. I think that a person that covers up a crime is just as responsible as the person that does the crime. A person that is paid to be silence is deviant because you’re no letting the person that did the crime take responsibility for what they did. Lastly, in the courtroom its perjury to willfully tell a lie in a courtroom after taking an oath to tell the truth.
I don't think I would ever go to jail for a crime someone else committed, especially if i new they were guilty and were lying about it. If someone does something that bad enough to get a jail sentence then they should take responsibility for their wrong doing and not try to cover it up. No matter who it was i wouldn't be able to take the blame for something, if it was a family member or someone i cared about i would do everything i could to help them and probably feel sad about them going to prison but i still don't think i'd go to jail for something they did. People have to deal with the consequences of their actions and its not right to put the blame on someone else.
I would not go to prison to protect someone else, if I knew that they had commited a crime. I think that if they were to commit a crime they should be punished apropriatly based on our laws. I would not even consider covering up for someone who I knew was guilty for money, no matter how much they were offering me to do it. I fell that by doing that you are letting a criminal walk free, and never face the consequences of there crime.
I would never want to go to jail for someone another person's actions. The situation in which this possibility may come up however is very broad. It obviously depends on who the person who is asking you to cover for them is, whether it be your family, a friend, the president, or a serial killer. Also, it would have to depend on what crime they were trying to cover. If a very close family member got into a situation where they would have to spend life in prison, I may try to keep my mouth shut as long as I could, with the hopes they were acquitted of the charges. If this meant spending a few months of my own life in prison it may be worth it to save my family member's life. However, in general it would be very hard to allow myself to lie about a crime someone comitted, especially if it meant landing myself in jail.
-Russo
I would take the deal for one of many reasons. One reason being because I am a baseball player my self and a big fan. So if I knew I would be getting paid off when I came out of jail, I would stick it out. For others it may be hard because they cannot deal with the guilt but for me it would be easy cause I would be able to deal with this guilt. It has a lot to do with how you were brought up. I grew up in a neighborhood where you always kept your mouth shut, you dont know anything, and especially don't say any names.It would also help keep the guys reputation which would mean alot to me if he was my friend. Finally, I don't think steroids do much in the game of baseball. You still have to have the talent to make the bat hit the ball. If I was a trainer and I gave a player steroids,I think my career might be in jeopardy after getting caught. To serve a year and know that I would be taken care of after that might jsut be worth it.
It would be extremely hard for me to swallow my pride and go to prison for someone else even though I was not guilty of committing the crime. However, I do feel like with many situations, there are sometimes certain circumstances in which I probably would. If I honestly loved the person and it was a choice that would benefit the both of us eventually, then maybe I would indeed consider it. Yes, I do feel that it is deviant if I were to cover up for someone even if I would be repaid for my silence later on. I feel this way because I would be keeping a secret and the person who is guilty would be lying to society. All of the examples of crimes that are running through my head right now are not acceptable to "cover" for anyone because of my values. On the flip side, when I am actually living through the situation, I may feel differently about my choice. I'm not the type of person who uses the word "never" to describe things because I feel that life is too unexpected and you don't always know what's coming your way. By saying that, I don't feel that I could ever choose to cover for someone, however I'm not saying that I never would.
If I knew that I'd go to prison if I did not reveal some information about a crime that was committed by someone who is close to me, I would not be able to stay silent. I would feel that I should definitely not be held responsible for the action, and therefore should not be the one receiving the appropriate consequences. Yes, I would be saddened at the fact that my friend, or what have you, would be off to prison, however since they were the one who committed the act of deviance they should be the one who serves their time. I consider withholding information about a crime to be deviant because in a sense the person not revealing information would be facilitating the crime by not having it be exposed. Whoever is committing the crimes would be able to cause more havoc and destruction while their accomplice does not speak. Since the crime is not stopped because of the lack of information presented by that individual, I consider withholding essential criminal information to be deviant.
I wouldn't go to prison for someone else. They need to be responsible and take the consequenses for their actions. If it was family then their is a slight chance that I would take the fall for them but it all depends on the situations and the consequences. But then again I'm still not sure if I would because in the long run I would only be hurting them because they need to realize that whatever they did was wrong. Covering up for someone would be deviant because whenever you tell the court that you are absolutely positive they didn't do whatever they're being accused of you are probably under oath. And when you're under oath it is against the law to lie and breaking the law is deviant.
No I would not go to prison for someone becuase they were deviant enough to go and do something bad and that is why they were punished. If you commit a crime and you are caught then you have to suffer the consequences and learn your lesson so that you dont go and do it again. Even if it was my friend I know it would be hard to see her go to jail but it wasnt my fault she did something wrong and she refuses to say she did it. Yes I think it is a deviant act becuase you are not helping the society become a better place. You are just preventing the police from finding out who did the crime and it could turn out bad where you are caught for not telling the truth. It is illegal if you lie to the police and you can go to jail for at least one year.
I dont think that I would ever go to prison for somebody else, especially if I knew for myself they were guilty of the crime. Doesn't matter if they swear that they didn't commit it, if I knew for myself that they were guilty, they were guilty. This is because something that could be serious enough for jail time is not worth it to me, no matter how much money or what ever possession they promise to give. I would much rather just live my normal average life then have to go to jail for a certain amount of time because of somebody else's mistakes, then later in life have them maybe repay me in some way. Because I dont think there is any way to repay your life in jail, no matter what you get in return. Its just not worth the stress in my opinion. It would most definitely be considered deviant if you were covering up for them because they more than likely did something deviant and now your being deviant by covering for them. Even more so if it all is being done in silence and kept in silence.
I would not go to prison for someone I knew was guilty, either someone I worked for and was close to, or a family member. If they commited a crime that was bad enough for prison time, then they should pay the consequences. I do think that it is deviant to cover up for someone even if I would be paid for doing so. If the person who commited the crime does not go to jail, then they will just continue to commit more deviant crimes.
Personally it would depend on who I was to the person going to jail. Although it may be the more deviant thing to do, I do not believe its right to snitch on someone that is your friend. It would be against my morals to do something like that, and I would much rather not live with the guilt of knowing that your words put someone into prison. Also, if I was being well compensated for doing a year in prison I would most likely do it.
No I would not go to prison for someone, no matter how close I was to them, because even if it was only a year, that's one year of my life I can't get back. And that wouldn't be fair to me since I didn't even commit a crime. I think it is deviant to cover up someone else's deviance because you're not supposed to be lying, especially something that is so serious that it could end in jail time.
NO. NO WAY. No, i would never in my life go to prison for someone else, i don't care who it is what they did, imprisonment would stay on your record FOREVER, and anyone who would go OBVIOUSLY has never dealt with the court system, doesn't realize how serious is it, and how big of an impact it causes on your life and discretion / reputation. I can hardly stay still in a class room for 43 minutes, i can't even sit through a full movie, you know how much damage that would do to me if i was locked up? If someone else did the crime THEY do the time, i don't care how much i got paid, i EARN my money, if i got paid for holding secrets, i'd be a millionaire. Yes it is deviant, clearly you're going against your own morals for MONEY, you're not staying true to yourself all, for money? That's not right. Doesn't matter how close the person is to me I've already been in enough trouble, the norm in this day and age IS DEVIANCE and anyone who would do that shows me they are just in the conformity. If you let the real criminal be free, think of all the other things they are capable of doing to society. i WOULD NEVER BE DEPENDENT on anyone but myself, because people don't stay around your whole life, they come and they go and in the end who will you always end up with? YOURSELF.
For the right amount of money, I would do exactly what Greg Anderson is doing. Although Bary is technically cheating, and what he is doing is wrong, this crime is not really that serious. Lets be honest, who really cares about homeruns? He isn't killing people, starting a meth lab, or running the coke business. So what he is doing wouldnt be so bad to cover up. But if the person who I was asked to cover for did something of that nature, I couldn't see myself doing anything for them for under $10million. In contrast though, I would probably crack under pressure after a while and give up that person. It is deviant to cover up somebody even if you will be repaid though; it goes against the social norm. In addition to going against the norms, I agree with Julia when she said, "I think that this would be harmful to society by letting that criminal stay out." Letting a criminal, not like Bary Bonds, stay out of prison could lead to some long term, harmfull effects.
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