Jay's Wild Lies Case Study

Why do people feel they need to lie when under pressure? lying is a way to falsify the truth by creating entities or situations that cover the truth. In this case Jay’s wild had gave police information on the syed case in 1999. However recent information provided in a 2015 interview does not match the information given to police in 1999. Jay essentially lied to police but not supplying them with the real information. People feel the necessity to lie while under pressure because of their image,responsibilities,and fear of consequences.

In the year of 1999, Jay Wilds was taken in for questioning on behalf of the information he know about Hae Min Lee’s murder. While the police began questioning him and getting answers, a couple did not match previous answers. Once police knew this no major action or step was taken forward after. Jay’s positive image for himself was the loving grandson and lacrosse athlete . All these images of Jay had painted for himself were great. But the infamous image Jay was known for was being the weed supplier. Once being interrogated by officers he began to make lies as to where he had seen Hae’s body. Revealed later in the 2015 interview, Jay said he had lied to protect his family. Jay had a drug

operation ran by his grandmother's home and to not only protect his family, he lied to protect his drugs. The fear of an image being soiled is breathtaking but while under pressure Jay lied.To maintain his image he had potrayed. In the same way he lied to protect his responsibilities,

At the time Jay is a well known weed supplier. Thus meaning his responsibilities involve selling weed and making his money. Once officers gather this information. Jay feels pressured to let police know further more about his life. So given the circumstances he was in, Jay with held proper information to protect his responsibilities at home and as drug dealer. Jay had a constant fear of going to jail because drugs were criminalize heavily in 1999 and had wanted to keep his drug operation as far away from the police as possible. For example, Jay lied or gave the police different locations each time to where he said he seen the body, to ensure his responsibilities are protected. Lastly Jay had huge fear of consequences so he lied to cover his tracks.

Drugs during the 1990s are criminalized and can typically arrest people up to 5 to 6 years minimum.

However having Jay know this information gave him fear of consequences. The fear of losing years away from his life and the well being of his family. Once a person fears the consequences of their actions necessary precautions will be taken into factor when dealing with high authority figures such as police. For example Jay had told officers he had seen the body by best buy, but once asked again during a later time and different location was provided.b a highschooler about to graduate many fears and responsibilities weigh heavy upon them. With Jay wilds his fear of the consequences pushed him to lie to save his himself from getting into legal

trouble.