StitchIsABitch@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 year agoIf 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-square28fedilinkarrow-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 · 1 year agomessage-square28fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareOok the Librarian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·edit-21 year agoPlus prosecutors don’t want to hold a separate trial (because that is what is required to charge perjury) if they already proved what they wanted to. They will (likely) only charge perjury if you fuck up a third party’s trial or if your lies are provable and got you off the hook otherwise.
Plus prosecutors don’t want to hold a separate trial (because that is what is required to charge perjury) if they already proved what they wanted to.
They will (likely) only charge perjury if you fuck up a third party’s trial or if your lies are provable and got you off the hook otherwise.