Subj : Re: Here's another one
To   : richardw
From : Deuce
Date : Wed Sep 07 2005 04:09 pm

  Re: Re: Here's another one
  By: richardw to Deuce on Wed Sep 07 2005 13:52:00

 >  > Of course, almost everyone who is found guilty is ALSO guilty of perjury.
 >  > Given how oten perjury isn't prosecuted (especially against the person wh
 >  > 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.

None of those charges were laid against the person who was on trial when the
perjury was comitted.  Also, digging up isolated cases cannot prove it "often"
happens (four times in seven years isn't "often")

http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/pdf/cfjs9804.pdf

Has a summary of offences... you'll find that between Oct 1st, 1997 and Sept
30, 1998 there were 78172 federal criminal cases.  392 of them were perjury,
contempt or intimidation.  (Can't find those split up unfortunately)

82 of those went to trial.

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