StitchIsABitch@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 年前If someone pleads not guilty in court and is then found guilty of the crime anyway, does perjury get added to the list of crimes as well?message-squaremessage-square28linkfedilinkarrow-up1117arrow-down18file-text
arrow-up1109arrow-down1message-squareIf someone pleads not guilty in court and is then found guilty of the crime anyway, does perjury get added to the list of crimes as well?StitchIsABitch@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 年前message-square28linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareschnurritolinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 年前This is common in European countries, but in the US and other common law countries, defendants who choose to testify are under oath like any other witness.
minus-squareTheGreenGolem@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 年前If you testify. But you can always say no to that, do I know it right?
This is common in European countries, but in the US and other common law countries, defendants who choose to testify are under oath like any other witness.
If you testify. But you can always say no to that, do I know it right?
Yes