• @Lon3star@lemmy.world
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    17410 months ago

    I’m surprised the judge didn’t yank him back on that statement as proof that he lied to the court and give him a longer term

    • The Quuuuuill
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      3110 months ago

      He’d need to be tried again for purgory which he very well might be

      • Nougat
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        3510 months ago

        I don’t think he was under oath at the time he made that statement, so perjury is not a concern.

        • Tedesche
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          3110 months ago

          That’s not how it works. His statement out of court can be used as evidence that his statements in court were false (perjury).

          • Nougat
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            410 months ago

            Probably not. You’re allowed to lie in “general” speech (not a legal term). If he had made one statement under oath, and a mutually exclusive statement, also under oath, then one of those statements would be perjury.

        • @dynamojoe@lemmy.world
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          610 months ago

          But an outburst in court can be considered contempt. The judge could have marched him back in for that one but it probably would have been seen as petty.

    • @TheAndrewBrown@lemm.ee
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      110 months ago

      I doubt it’d be worth it to pursue. He could always argue he was changed at the time he said it but in between then and now, he changed his mind back.