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Perjury
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Perjury
The crime of lying under oath or making a false statement on an affidavit. In order to be considered an act of perjury, the false statement must relate to the matter at hand; it would not be perjury, for example, to falsely state a person's eye color unless it involves the identification of a defendant. Prosecutions for perjury, however, are fairly unusual.


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While it is agreed that the lawyer should seek to persuade the client to refrain from perjurious testimony, there has been dispute concerning the lawyer's duty when that persuasion fails.
7206 is only three years, instead of the five applicable to perjurious conduct under Section 1621.
In this scenario, if a witness were willing to deceive the court with a manipulated photograph, discovery of such perjurious intent would be problematic.
 
 
 
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