Why lying to the authorities/police doesn't work..Susan Smith 1994:

[Stuart G]

Perhaps you remember this one?...Susan Smith, killed her sons, claimed someone else did it..

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Smith

Crimes...

On October 25, 1994, Smith reported to police that her vehicle had been carjacked by a black man who drove away with her sons still inside. For nine days, she made dramatic pleas on national television for their rescue and return. However, following an intensive investigation and a nationwide search, she confessed on November 3, 1994 to letting her car roll into nearby John D. Long Lake,[8] drowning them inside.[9] Her motivation was reportedly to be able to have a relationship with a local wealthy man, even though he had no intention of forming a family.[10] She said that there was no motive nor did she plan the murders, stating that she was not in a right state of mind.[7]

Later investigation revealed that detectives doubted Smith's story from the start and believed that she murdered her sons. By the second day of the investigation, the police suspected that she knew their location and hoped that they were still alive. Investigators started to search the nearby lakes and ponds, including John D. Long Lake, where their bodies eventually were found. Initial water searches did not locate the car because the police believed it would be within 30 feet of the shore, and did not search farther; it turned out to be 120 feet from the shore. After the boys had been missing for two days, Smith and her estranged husband David were subjected to a polygraph test. The biggest breakthrough of the case was her description of the carjacking location. She had claimed that a traffic light had turned red causing her to stop at an otherwise empty intersection. However, it was determined that the light would not have turned red for her unless a vehicle was present on the intersecting road. This conflicted with her statement that she did not see any other cars there when the carjacking took place.[11]

[question everything]

1. This was heartbreaking. The kids died

And then there was Tawana Brawley with rape allegations.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tawana_Brawley_rape_allegations

Tawana Glenda Brawley or Tawana Vicenia Brawley[1] (born December 15, 1971[1] or b. 1972[2]) is an African-American woman from Wappingers Falls, New York, who falsely accused four white men of raping her in 1987. The charges received widespread national attention because of her age (15), the persons accused (including police officers and a prosecuting attorney), and the state in which Brawley was found after the alleged rape. Brawley was found in a trash bag, with racial slurs written on her body and covered in feces on November 28, 1987. Brawley's advisers Al Sharpton, Alton H. Maddox and C. Vernon Mason also helped the case to gain prominence.[3]

After hearing evidence, a grand jury concluded in October 1988 that Brawley had not been the victim of a forcible sexual assault and that she herself may have created the appearance of such an attack.[4][5] Steven Pagones, the New York prosecutor whom Brawley had accused as one of her alleged assailants, successfully sued Brawley and her three advisers for defamation.[5] Brawley initially received considerable support from the African-American community.[6] Some suggested that Brawley was victimized by biased reporting that adhered to racial stereotypes.[7][8] The mainstream media's coverage drew heated criticism from the African-American press and many black leaders who believed the teenager and her story.[9] The grand jury's conclusions decreased support for Brawley and her advisers. Brawley's family has maintained that the allegations were true.

[Stuart G]

3. Trump has lied from the very beginning about many aspects of his presidency

When we listen to some of the experts, we all know that Trump is not going to get away with it. He thinks he can, but that is what he always thinks. When Mueller reports to the country, Trump in my opinion will be toast. And it will be totally burnt. He can try, but he will not be able to lie his way out of it. Much too late to even try. And as stated, McCabe and others have known from almost from the beginning that Trump was lying. (That is why the investigation was started..according to McCabe)
...Just like the two examples given, Tawana Brawley and Susan Smith. Donald Trump is a serial liar. And he will pay the price again. And this time, the price will be very high. And I believe that Trump will pay, just like Nixon paid. It goes with the territory of lying. Over time, most of the liars have paid the price.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

2. For some reason I missed the first day or two of that story,

and when I finally saw something I just KNEW there was something wrong with it.

[malaise]

4. I remember how she blamed a black man

Those poor kids