Sentences with phrase «for perjury»

You'll be in a situation where you're trussed into a process — there used to be a sense that if you went on the witness stand and you took an oath then you would tell the truth because the sanctions for not telling the truth were very great, people were worries about perjury and contempt of court — and in fact the family courts can make a reference to the criminal courts for prosecution for perjury but they just don't do it.

It would also bar Lord Archer, who was ejected from the House in 2000 after being jailed for perjury in a libel case.

As for the perjury charge that led to his work as an informant, Castro stresses that the actual case had nothing to do with his work in the Assembly.

The measure was aimed, in part, at Lord Archer, the Tory peer who served two years of a four - year prison sentence for perjury.

He is furious that the only previous five year ban imposed on a parliamentarian was that imposed on Lord Archer after he was imprisoned for perjury in 2001.

Former Baltimore County School Superintendent Dallas Dance, once a rising national star in education, was sentenced last month to six months in prison for perjury.

@DilipSarwate «since the taxpayer's signature declares that everything on the return is correct, under penalties for perjury» Would I be the one liable or the preparer?

Revises information Commission is required to disclose if a witness is prosecuted for perjury committed during the course of a proceeding before the Commission.

But in 2009, just seven months after he took office, he was indicted for perjury for lying under oath about an investigation into the nine people registered to vote using his one - bedroom apartment in the west Bronx.

If Trump is deposed and lies under oath, he could be impeached for perjury just as Clinton was.

Luka Modric is under investigation for perjury after changing his testimony during the trial of former Dinamo Zagreb chairman Zdravko Mamic.

A criminal conviction for perjury can have serious and life - long consequences.

The 65 - year - old was jailed in 1999 for perjury during a libel action but has today told the Observer of his return to front - line politics to head the CSJ study.

The 67 - year - old lawyer served in the Bush administration from 2001 to 2005, but resigned after he was indicted by a grand jury on five counts for perjury, obstruction of justice, and making false statements to the FBI.

«The potential for perjury is especially high in this case because they have a defendant who is notoriously incapable of verbal self - control,» Mezey said.

Then - Spitzer Communications Director Darren Dopp, a key source for Elkind's book, repeatedly lied to me in July 2007, when I broke the Troopergate scandal, and was almost indicted for perjury on a referral from the Public Integrity Commission.

Frank & Peter DiTommaso are under indictment for perjury, for allegedly lying about a gratis renovation of Bernie's Bronx condo.

In 1998, Clinton was impeached by the House of Representatives for perjury and obstruction of justice, relating to a sex scandal involving White House employee Monica Lewinsky.

He was referred to as the leader of the «Celebrity Squad» after heading the investigations into Lord Archer for perjury, John Leslie for rape and a fraud investigation involving the game show Who Wants to be a Millionaire?

Bill Clinton as a sitting president was hauled before a grand jury by Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr for perjury (lying under oath) while in office as president.

She found that Mr. Paterson had misled state investigators about his acceptance of free tickets to the World Series and forwarded her findings to the Albany County district attorney to determine whether there was sufficient evidence for perjury charges.

The Democratic senator's comments come a day after Illinois Republican leaders called for a perjury investigation into whether Burris deceived the public last month when he failed to tell state lawmakers that former Gov. Blagojevich's brother solicited him for campaign cash at the same time that the governor himself was considering whether to appoint him to fill the Senate seat vacated by President Barack Obama.

Castro sid that in July 2009, he was indicted by a Bronx County Grand Jury for perjury related to a 2008 civil matter that was prior to his election to the Assembly.

He said, «For Aluko to be taken seriously, he must first have to report himself to the police to be tried for perjury and committed to prison for three years, since what he is now saying is different from what he said under oath at the Election Tribunal being the only witness called by the PDP and Governor Fayose.

«Court issued Warrant of Arrest against TKO ALUKO for Perjury.

Pretending to be unable to follow the judges instructions is a lie (that is implicit in the word «pretending»), and you probably can't afford the prison time for perjury.

Untruthful statements can lead to criminal proceedings for perjury and ultimately imprisonment.

I think that what you are really interested in is how to prove that someone shouldn't be believed by an arbitrator rather than how to prosecute someone criminally for perjury which a prosecutor and not a private person would do and which almost never happens.

There is no deterrent effect for a perjury statute when it is so complex.

In fact some circles are wagering on what comes first, Mr. Bonds breaking the record or Mr. Bonds being indicted by the government for perjury in the trial of a sports lab / nutrition centre.

The undercover work of the assemblyman, Nelson L. Castro, a Bronx Democrat who cooperated to avoid prosecution for perjury, helped federal prosecutors in Manhattan with an investigation that led to charges against another Bronx Democrat, Assemblyman Eric A. Stevenson, for accepting bribes.

Regulation Jon E. Montroll, a 37 year old from Texas, is now facing up to 30 years in jail for perjury and obstruction of justice.

Lord Archer was banned from the Conservative party for five years following his conviction and subsequent two - year jail sentence for perjury, but this ran out in February.

As it stands, the law regarding this exception is that one party may be allowed to give evidence of privileged discussions if the exclusion of such evidence would act as a cloak for perjury, blackmail or other unambiguous impropriety.

The whole thing is a repeat of the watergate scandal that lead to impeaching for perjury for a BJ.

HELD CJA 2003, s 78 requires the court to form its own view of whether or not the defendant's conviction for perjury was compelling, reliable and highly probative evidence that he was guilty of the original murder.

Once again, the chief judge points out that for a perjury charge, it's a complete defense that you say: «Wait a minute, I made a mistake.»

«Because I ordered him to testify, his testimony can not be used against him in any criminal case, except in a prosecution for perjury, giving a false statement, or otherwise failing to comply with the order to testify,» Azrack said.

He was expelled in 2000 after being convicted and jailed for perjury.

United States President Bill Clinton was impeached in 1998 for perjury and obstruction of justice by the House of Representatives.

Andy arranges for Dave to not go to jail for perjury and witness tampering and pay - back for that and the MTA job is to use WOR to do a hit on Batra!