If you’re story changes dramatically you’ll be facing a trial.
I know a woman currently facing trial for stabbing her boyfriend to death. Despite the fact that the boyfriend was beating her at the time, it looks like she will be convicted of something less than murder.
The prosecutor is looking at the fact that she has had some 20 different restraining orders against the guy all over the country over a 30 year period yet kept letting him come back. He’s arguing that she bears at least some responsibility for repeatedly putting herself in the situation.
Local legal analysts seem to think she’ll be convicted of negligent homicide and likely be released from jail around the time of her conviction.