Subj : Re: Here's another one
To   : Deuce
From : richardw
Date : Wed Sep 07 2005 01:52 pm

  Re: Re: Here's another one
  By: Deuce to richardw on Wed Sep 07 2005 11:56 am

 >  >  >  > So... are you saying he didn't lie under oath?
 >  >  >
 >  >  > I'm saying he was tried and found not guilty.  She asked why he was so
 >  >  > different and why the laws not apply to him.
 >  >
 >  > Perfectly good question IMO.  He was obviously guilty of perjury.
 > 
 > You may be interested in looking up the number of perjury trials that ever t
 > place.
 > 
 > Of course, almost everyone who is found guilty is ALSO guilty of perjury.
 > Given how oten perjury isn't prosecuted (especially against the person who w
 > on trial) I would say the law applied just as much as to everyone else.

http://tinyurl.com/apdwm
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7222867
http://www.mapinc.org/tlcnews/v05/n091/a06.htm?160
http://www.tjpc.state.tx.us/publications/reviews/98/98-1-06.htm

As you can see, perjury is often prosecuted.

Perjury is sometimes not prosecuted BECAUSE they have been found guilty of 
other crimes as well, which usually carry stiffer penalties.  

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