Perjury but not Willie O'Dea style

montane · 2011-02-28 23:56:13

Is it perjury if you tell something to a court which you genuinely believe to be true, but is later proven factually incorrect. And I'm not saying "genuinely" tongue-in-cheek in the Fianna Fail sense of the word.

01-03-2011 12:56AM

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Is it perjury if you tell something to a court which you genuinely believe to be true, but is later proven factually incorrect.

And I'm not saying "genuinely" tongue-in-cheek in the Fianna Fail sense of the word.

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#2 01-03-2011 12:59AM

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If you precede the telling of said 'fact' with the words 'On mature recollection...', you should be fine.

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Jimmy the Wheel wrote: »

If you precede the telling of said 'fact' with the words 'On mature recollection...', you should be fine.

... or "allegedly".

No it, isn't perjury - perjury has to be proven that you knoew you were lying.

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