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All testimony carries weight on the theory that the penalty (perjury) would make it unlikely.
by ryacko 9y ago
All testimony carries weight on the theory that the penalty (perjury) would make it unlikely.
- mc32 9y agoYes, of course that is the current standing. But we also know neutral witnesses memory and recollection are not perfect, not to mention non-neutral witnesses like the actual perpetrator, or an officer who has perverse incentives, etc.
- ryacko 9y agoThe ability of grand juries to permit private prosecutions have since been abolished, and is crucial to recent abuses of state power.