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> Knowingly giving false testimony that leads to someone's conviction and incarceration should be a crime Does the USA not have a crime of perjury?
by elthran 10y ago
> Knowingly giving false testimony that leads to someone's conviction and incarceration should be a crime
Does the USA not have a crime of perjury?
- djdhdhehue 10y agoNot for those in power.
- hackuser 10y ago> Does the USA not have a crime of perjury? It does, but it is almost never prosecuted (as I've been told by attorneys and as I've coorobrated by my own anecdotal observations). The exceptions are high-profile scalps, such as Bill Clinton and Barry Bonds. The real penalty for perjury is that it discredits your testimony and damages your case.
- misnome 10y agoWho is going to prosecute, when it is the person who decides who gets prosecuted, doing the perjury? And all the other prosecutors use the same methods to get forward in their jobs?