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Submitting false statements to the court should be an offense that carries jail time - and it should be even harsher for agents of the government and law enforc
by StanislavPetrov 4y ago
Submitting false statements to the court should be an offense that carries jail time - and it should be even harsher for agents of the government and law enforcement officers.
- octoberfranklin 4y agoUnfortunately the relevant prosecutor will simply decline to prosecute. We didn't always have this loophole. The original purpose of grand juries was to allow any citizen to bring criminal charges, so that political appointees wouldn't have this "pre-conviction pardon" capability. The grand jury's job, when returning an indictment, was to appoint an attorney general for that particular indictment: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_jury#United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_jury#United_States
- boomboomsubban 4y agoI agree in principle, but feel it would almost exclusively be used to prosecute people who are more or less innocent. People like those manipulated into giving false confessions/testimony, or eyewitness accounts where the person genuinely believes a falsehood.