Re:Court has confirmed coordinated raids of Zwiebelfreunde i...
by testvox on Thursday August 23, 2018 @01:29PM
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This isn't how it works in the United States at least. The police are allowed to lie to you, your lawyer, the media, anyone they want to, as long as they are not under oath. They may be held civilly liable for lies that cause damages but only after overcoming their qualified immunity. Lieing to the court even when not under oath could lead to a contempt change.
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Re:Court has confirmed coordinated raids of Zwiebelfreunde i...
by clubm8 on Thursday August 23, 2018 @04:21PM
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>This isn't how it works in the United States at least. The police are allowed to lie to you, your lawyer, the media, anyone they want to, as long as they are not under oath.
That seems like you're playing semantics.
A contempt charge is a type of criminal charge. My contention is that if a lawyer, during discovery, asks the police a question like "did you analyze the data" and they lie they'd face issues.
So it looks like we're in agreement :)