witness tampering theme

also known as: witness intimidation

The act of attempting to improperly influence, alter or prevent the testimony of witnesses within criminal or civil proceedings is featured. Most typically this is featured in stories when criminals intimidate witnesses to lie or be silent in court.

2 total · 1 major · 1 minor

StoryLevelMotivation
ahp4x08 major The story centered on the problem of witnesses being fearful to come forwards for fear of being assassinated. In the story, the police were unable to adequately protect their witnesses.
futurama3x11 minor A witness stand seated Fry thought better of identifying Roberto as the real bank robber after a disguised-with-a-fake-beard Robert gestured at him with a knife from the spectator area.