New York inmate's golf drawings lead to exoneration in murder

Re:New York inmate's golf drawings lead to exoneration in mu... by lb1lf on Thursday September 20, 2018 @10:12AM (#18032555)

As far as I can tell from the relevant (I believe) 18USC §1621 [0], the failure to volunteer information is not perjury; it requires actively providing information you do not believe to be true.

That would, in my non-lawyer eyes, make it incredibly hard to convict anyone of perjury as it seems you'd need to prove what was going on in the mind of the accused at the time, and good luck with that.

[0] https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1621

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Re:New York inmate's golf drawings lead to exoneration in mu... by inetknght on Thursday September 20, 2018 @11:25AM (#18033130)

Should the prosecutor not be held to higher standards?

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Re:New York inmate's golf drawings lead to exoneration in mu... by shakna on Thursday September 20, 2018 @11:13AM (#18033040)

Would not the swearing in, where you promise to tell the whole truth be where you perjure yourself, if you withhold evidence?

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Re:New York inmate's golf drawings lead to exoneration in mu... by boomboomsubban on Thursday September 20, 2018 @11:33AM (#18033192)

Witnesses are under oath, not the prosecution.

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Re:New York inmate's golf drawings lead to exoneration in mu... by shakna on Thursday September 20, 2018 @11:36AM (#18033219)

Curious, in my country, before being allowed to speak in a criminal court, witnesses, defense and prosecution must all take the oath.

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