Alibi

An alibi (Latin: to alibi " elsewhere " from alius " other " and ibi " there, there " ) is the proof or evidence that a suspect has not stopped at the time of the crime scene and thus not as perpetrators in eligible or is to come. There is a need in the criminal investigation to be confirmed by evidence, witnesses or evidence. The Alibi determination is an essential part of criminology.

False alibis are offenses of justice and may, in particular in German criminal law in the " witnesses" pull prosecution for obstruction of justice, perjury and false unsworn statement by itself; in Anglo-American law also obstruction of justice ( obstruction of justice ).

A distinction is made between the technical and the human alibi. The technical alibi implies that the suspect can prove on the basis of, eg, tickets, Travel photos, train tickets, etc., that he was not at the scene of the crime occurred. The staff speaks of alibi witnesses who can confirm that the suspect during the act at a different location was staying ( alibi witness ). Colloquially alibi is also used for other, non-spatial circumstances should apologize or relativize the crimes or moral wrongdoing, but here usually in a derogatory opinion as a protective claim.