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It's not perjury unless it's willful. I have no doubt that some of these inconsistencies (most?) are deliberate, but human memory is often pretty terrible. Good
by wl 9y ago
It's not perjury unless it's willful. I have no doubt that some of these inconsistencies (most?) are deliberate, but human memory is often pretty terrible. Good luck proving that the officer was deliberately not telling the truth.
- dclowd9901 9y agoHow about making it a crime to misremember? Sure would make you think twice before you testified something as fact. Human memory is _very_ fallible. Time we started treating it that way.
- milesokeefe 9y agoUnder that law, very few sane people would testify at all.
- dclowd9901 9y agoGreat. Most testimonies are probably fallacious anyway.
- cstoner 9y agoWell, usually this comes from written statements right after the event right? It's not like there's a several week gap between the event and the report.... right?
- michaelmrose 9y agoUnless you suffer from a mental disease your memory isn't that bad. Small inconsistencies aren't really the issue.