SODDI defense
n.— «If you’re a defense attorney, you’re usually going to use the SODDI or TODDI defense—”Some Other Dude Did It” or “That Other Dude Did It.”» —“I watch my son die every time I see the twin towers on TV” by Michael Pelletier in N.H. Free Republic Jan. 31, 2003. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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