Re:Chelsea Manning Can Remain in Jail for Another Year, Judg...
by votepaunchy on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @06:14PM
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Note that lying under oath is also a crime, so also not a good plan.
Re:Chelsea Manning Can Remain in Jail for Another Year, Judg...
by magduf on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @08:01PM
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Maybe not, but people absolutely do it all the time. Convictions for perjury are rare, probably because it's way too much work to prove to a jury beyond a reasonable doubt that the witness absolutely knew they were lying when they made a statement that isn't corroborated by other evidence or witnesses.
Re:Chelsea Manning Can Remain in Jail for Another Year, Judg...
by noobiemcfoob on Thursday August 08, 2019 @09:41AM
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If you won't follow our rules, I'll make another rule that says you have to!
As for acting on certain kinds of crimes, the job of prosecutors is to gather evidence, and find people willing to testify, to support their case. They already do this, sometimes offering things in exchange for testimony (such as immunity for their part in the crime), to get witnesses to cooperate and offer testimony that can be believed. If they can't get someone to voluntarily testify, however, it seems counterproductive to me to toss them in jail to punish them for not cooperating; from the outside, that to me makes it look like their case isn't very good to begin with.