• bostonbananarama@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    If the prosecutor knows the cop is going to lie and calls him as a witness and allows, or even worse, elicits, that testimony then they are suborning perjury. They would likely be suspended or disbarred from the practice of law.

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      8 months ago

      Lol, are you new to the US legal system? Shit like that happens on a daily basis.

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        8 months ago

        Lol, are you new to the US legal system?

        If by new you mean an attorney for over a decade, then I guess so. But its occurrence, or alleged regularity, doesn’t make it any less serious of an ethics violation. You can get away with a lot of shit as an attorney, but if you steal someone’s money or lie to the court, they’re going to drop the hammer on you.

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          8 months ago

          They’d have to get caught lying for there to be any consequences. In my case it would be their word vs an 18yo dude with long hair in a rural area.