On Thu, 03 Nov 2005 23:34:38 GMT, wrote:
>Whether or not you committed a related crime, lying under oath is perjury
>and is very punishable.
>
>The silly shit should have come clean.
>
>I think Rove may well be culpable as well.
>
You might want to check your facts before placing your foot in your
mouth...
http://www.lectlaw.com/def2/p032.htm
PERJURY - When a person, having taken an oath before a competent
tribunal, officer, or person, in any case in which a law of the U.S.
authorizes an oath to be administered, that he will testify, declare,
depose, or certify truly, or that any written testimony, declaration,
deposition, or certificate by him subscribed, is true, willfully and
contrary to such oath states or subscribes any material matter which
he does not believe to be true; or in any declaration, certificate,
verification, or statement under penalty of perjury, willfully
subscribes as true any material matter which he does not believe to be
true; 18 USC
In order for a person to be found guilty of perjury the government
must prove: the person testified under oath before [e.g., the grand
jury]; at least one particular statement was false; and the person
knew at the time the testimony was false.
The testimony of one witness is not enough to support a finding that
the testimony was false. There must be additional evidence, either the
testimony of another person or other evidence, which tends to support
the testimony of falsity. The other evidence, standing alone, need not
convince that the testimony was false, but all the evidence on the
subject must do so. |