Two Suspected Drug Dealers Are Stopped by the Highway Patrol

question 30

Multiple Choice

Two suspected drug dealers are stopped by the highway patrol for speeding.The officer searches the car and finds a small bag of marijuana, and arrests the two.During the interrogation, each is separately made the following offer: 'If you confess to dealing drugs and testify against your partner, you will be given immunity and released while your partner will get 10 years in prison.If you both confess, you will each get five years'.If neither confesses, there is no evidence of drug dealing, and the most they could get is one year each for possession of marijuana.If each suspected drug dealer follows a dominant strategy, what should they do?

• A)not confess, regardless of the partner's decision
• B)not confess and hope that the partner does confess
• C)confess, regardless of the partner's decision
• D)confess in the hope that the partner does not confess

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