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Disability Alibi

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The detectives are checking every suspect in a murder or other serious crime, leaving no stone unturned. One suspect was near the victim, they act suspicious when questioned and they have no alibi.
But wait, he couldn't have done it. He couldn't have killed the person, as he's not physically capable.
Maybe he is completely disabled and needs special assistance for day-to-day life. Maybe he is otherwise incapacitated or injured so as to be unable to perform such activity as the crime featured, or perhaps he simply was in recovery from a previous injury at the time. Either way, he's probably innocent, because he couldn't have done it.
Of course, it's possible he had someone else do the dirty work for him. It's also possible he is only pretending to be disabled. Or maybe he is disabled, but he used some mechanical contraption to kill the victim or do other physical actions. Maybe they are disabled, but they conned or tricked the victim into putting themselves in a vulnerable position.
Subtrope of The Alibi. See Varying Competency Alibi when a character is either too competent or incompetent to commit the deed.
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 Above Suspicion 1995 / int_f54a4264
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 Bob Roberts / int_f54a4264
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 Death on the Nile (1978) / int_f54a4264
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 Doctor X / int_f54a4264
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 The Case of the Bloody Iris / int_f54a4264
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 Alex Cross / int_f54a4264
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 Death on the Nile / int_f54a4264
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 Jack Reacher / int_f54a4264
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 Judge Dee / int_f54a4264
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 Lord Darcy / int_f54a4264
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 The Secret Life of Walter Mitty / int_f54a4264
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 The Truth / int_f54a4264
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 The Westing Game / int_f54a4264
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 To Kill a Mockingbird / int_f54a4264
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 Tropes A to F / Real Life / int_f54a4264
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 Terror Across The Stars (Roleplay) / int_f54a4264
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 Burke's Law / int_f54a4264
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 CSI / int_f54a4264
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 Class of '09 / int_f54a4264
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 Diagnosis: Murder / int_f54a4264
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 Elementary / int_f54a4264
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 Ellery Queen / int_f54a4264
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 Forever (2014) / int_f54a4264
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 Jonathan Creek / int_f54a4264
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 Law & Order: Criminal Intent / int_f54a4264
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 Married... with Children / int_f54a4264
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 Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell / int_f54a4264
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 Sherlock / int_f54a4264
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 The Good Wife / int_f54a4264
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 The Mod Squad / int_f54a4264
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 Whodunnit? (UK) / int_f54a4264
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 Eastshade (Video Game) / int_f54a4264
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 Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney (Visual Novel) / int_f54a4264
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 Process of Elimination (Visual Novel) / int_f54a4264
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 Codename: Kids Next Door / int_f54a4264
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