Are Clarissa and Faith related to each other?
No Is one the victim of the crime of the other?
No Are they accomplices in a crime?
No Were they relatives?
No Are both of them alive?
Yes Is Faith?
So yesWas Clarissa a criminal?
Yes Was Faith?
No Was Clarissa innocent? Or was she "justly" arrested?
This After how many time was her arrested?
A few days - see below Within seconds? Minutes? hours? Days?
Months? More?
Did Faith relevantly touch Clarissa with her dirty hands?
No If Faith had washed her hands, would Clarissa be able to escape?
Yes Wouldn't suspects be focused on her?
Yes Would Faith be arrested instead?
No or was Faith arrested as well?
No Did the police arrest Clarissa thanks to fingerprints of Faith?
NoFaith didn't wash her hands...were them dirty?
Yes If so, were the hands dirtied by something organic?
Blood? Food? Drink? Dust? Something that could "produce" tracks? Fingerprints? Ink?
This A chemical substance? A toxic substance?
Wash her hands with water?
Yes, also with soap I mean....were Faith's hands clean and they would be "dirtied" through the washing?
No (I know it looks like a contradiction but I think of washing with a difference substance than water).
Would the relevant part of the washing be the soap on her hands? The fact that her hands would be clean after the washing?
ThisWould Clarissa not be arrested if Faith had not only washed her hands but also dried them?
YesHad Clarissa relevantly dirty hands as well?
NoAre Clarissa and Faith professions relevant?
Yes for Clarissa, No for Faith If so, do they share the same profession?
No Is it important to wash hands in their profession?
No Do the crime involve their job?
Yes (Clarissa's job) Are they scientists? Do they work with electronic? Toxic substances?
No to allIs Clarissa guilty of a crime?
Yes Is a DNA test relevant?
No Other chemical or biological test?
No Did Faith want Clarissa arrested?
Not right away Did she know that not washing her hands would help get her arrested?
NoAlso, obligatory "Is this another Ace Attorney question?"
Yes... you know me too well... (and once again, it's from the manga, not a game)And to be sure, washing hands here is literal and not metaphorical?
Yes