You and an accomplice have been arrested for committing a crime. The police are keeping you in separate cells with no ability to communicate with each other. You both face a choice: either testify against the other or stay silent. If you testify and they stay silent, you go free and your accomplice gets 3 years in prison. Likewise, if your accomplice testifies against you and you stay silent, they go free and you get a 3 year sentence. If you both testify against one another, you both get 2 years in jail. If you both stay silent, you both serve 1 year in prison. Aside from the length of or lack of the prison sentence, there will be no other reward or punishment for your decision. What do you do? | Daily Question

You and an accomplice have been arrested for committing a crime. The police are keeping you in separate cells with no ability to communicate with each other. You both face a choice: either testify against the other or stay silent. If you testify and they stay silent, you go free and your accomplice gets 3 years in prison. Likewise, if your accomplice testifies against you and you stay silent, they go free and you get a 3 year sentence. If you both testify against one another, you both get 2 years in jail. If you both stay silent, you both serve 1 year in prison. Aside from the length of or lack of the prison sentence, there will be no other reward or punishment for your decision. What do you do? Published on 4 January 2019 → Survey conducted on 4 January 2019 on 4086 GB adults

All adults

Region

Gender

Politics

Age

Testify against the accomplice

33%

Stay silent

67%

Testify against the accomplice

33%

Stay silent

67%