StitchIsABitch@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 11 months 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-up1116arrow-down18file-text
arrow-up1108arrow-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 · 11 months agomessage-square28fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareschnurrito@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up6·11 months agoThis is common in European countries, but in the US and other common law countries, defendants who choose to testify are under oath like any other witness.
minus-squareTheGreenGolem@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·11 months agoIf you testify. But you can always say no to that, do I know it right?
This is common in European countries, but in the US and other common law countries, defendants who choose to testify are under oath like any other witness.
If you testify. But you can always say no to that, do I know it right?
Yes