Law enforcement officers usually don't have much to gain from lying (although this equation changes a law when police department can receive assets seized in
civil forfeitures that they are involved in) and usually they want people who are «bad guys» to be in jail to protect «good guys» although they aren't always very concerned
about the means by which they achieve these ends.
While Lay's death moots his scheduled Oct. 23 sentencing, questions remain
about the future of the government's $ 43.5 million
forfeiture case against Lay as well as
about pending SEC and
civil cases.