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** AwesomeAlice's constant assumption of Bob's guilt allows the real perpetrator to get away, and/or it [[Crying Wolf|destroys her credibility]] the next time Bob ''does'' commit a crime.
* '''Reconstructed''': Bob gives Alice a [[Hannibal Lecture]] over her immediate assumption of his guilt... to which she responds that he's directly responsible for 90% of the crime in the city, so for any given crime he's the obvious suspect -- and even if he's innocent he's at least likely to know who really is responsible.
* '''Zig Zagged''': AwesomeAlice chases down Big Bad Bob for the robbery of Tropeville Bank, but Bob professes his innocence and a length court battle ensues. Bob is convicted, but it's revealed that the witnesses were bribed and Bob goes [[Off Onon a Technicality]]... until Alice discovers that ''Bob'' had the witnesses bribed in order to bring this about. When it's finally incontrovertibly proved that Bob is innocent, the audience discovers (but Alice doesn't) that the whole plan was to tie up Alice and the legal system for months [[Infraction Distraction|so that they wouldn't notice Bob's diabolical]] [[Evil Plan]] being carried out in the meantime...
* '''Averted''': Anyone accused of doing something immediately confesses to it.
* '''Enforced''': "This show is getting a bit [[Strictly Formula]]. How about we have a crime that Bob ''didn't'' commit?"