The core issue is that the system relies on bargaining instead of truth. But we can't make judgements of the system in abstract. The system is the sum of the ac

The core issue is that the system relies on bargaining instead of truth. But we can't make judgements of the system in abstract. The system is the sum of the actions of its participants. In that sense, it is perfectly fine to call out individual actions "lies", even if they perfectly fit the system. That only illustrates the absurdity of the system. Back to the facts: Carmen Ortiz (participant in the system) placed an upper bound of 35 years. She never placed any other gravity quantification in public on the record. All that is on the record is that she thought that the crimes are in the 35 years gravity class. Coming back and saying "I really meant 6 months" is a a contradiction of on the record facts, aka a lie.