'They know that trick.'

It may be surprising but it is not the first time I've heard it said and possibly done. It's a more extreme form of literally shooting yourself in the foot to get out of combat in times of war.

I would like to know why they cut his hands off instead of giving her back the body?

Not to say it is smart, clearly it is not, but the idea is to make law enforcement believe you are dead, so that they quit searching. Sure, if he gets caught, a ID search in NCIC will show future LEOs that he is supposed to be dead and may even offer more information, like him being wanted for other charges prior to his death. However, it is easier to avoid capture if no one is looking, because they believe him dead. It is even more likely that if he flees to another state that the local county or US Justice Department isn't going to update wanted files on a local drug dealer that was arrested for cooking meth...In reality, he wouldn't wouldn't even need to fake his death to avoid capture. For those charges, just leaving the state would probably be enough. Faking his death would be more of an attempt to not have his bond revoked. Sometimes, if a felony warrant from a county or two away pops up, they won't bother with extradition. I have ran someone that had robbery warrants, a violent crime, out of Ohio and requested extradition, and was denied a hold because they refused to send a YQ(dispatcher talk, I don't know what it means) and were not going to come to get the suspect...So, if he had convinced the courts or bond service that he was dead, by giving up a body part, and his bond was not revoked and the property or money was released, it would have worked and he would have been a free man. Maybe just free in the undocumented criminal world, but that is usually the circles that drug dealers travel in. It is an organized crime thing, probably not done so much in the hill billy meth cooking world, but they had them way to structured for the movie as it was, buy it's a movie, so whatever.

Mr Handdropoff came out with that line!

Its that man again!!

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NotAnUndercoverCop» Ah yes, the old chop your hand off to get out of going to prison trick. That one's easily the oldest in the book. Who in the world came up with that line?

Not really unbelievable. If you knew going to prison meant certain death - like if a rival gang was out to kill you once you were inside - cutting off a hand might be a reasonable option.