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> This is Ireland we're talking about. Not the US. Perjury being a crime predates the US. As it so happens, I am Australian.
by jacques_chester 7y ago
> This is Ireland we're talking about. Not the US.
Perjury being a crime predates the US.
As it so happens, I am Australian.
- FDSGSG 7y agoOk, if this guy was in Australia why would he ever be compelled to testify under oath about this?
- jacques_chester 7y agoThe scenario given was that the defendant would argue that the coins moved due to a vulnerability in bitcoin. That's a positive statement, not a refusal to answer.
- FDSGSG 7y agoYes, and when would a defendant be making statements under oath?
- jacques_chester 7y agoIn the "interesting legal case" that the original scenario envisaged.
- FDSGSG 7y agotestify vs argue I don't think anything in the original comment suggested that they'd be under oath, that's something you came up with.