A good ammount of them proceed to lie through their teeth, so why bother to have them lie that they won't when they're sworn in?
2007-03-20 16:41:37 · 9 answers · asked by D.L. Miller 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
I know it's a big deal; I'm not an idiot. I just wonder why they bother to have them swear that they will when they know so many won't.
2007-03-20 16:56:34 · update #1
Some have a conscience and won't lie on the bible. Others who do lie and get caught will go to jail for swearing they will tell the truth and not doing just that.
2007-03-21 01:36:53 · answer #1 · answered by lilmama 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No point anymore. At one time when people feared god, swearing under oath was a deterrent to telling a lie. Today, at best, it's window dressing for most. It may have some effect on a small portion of the population who testify under oath.
2007-03-20 17:10:16 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
lying in court is kinda a big deal?? Uh yeah, its called perjury; punishable of a fine up to 2000 and incarceration for up to 5 years. Believe it or not, people in America used to have a little something I like to call integrity. Now, you can still find this now a days but it is very few and far between.
2007-03-20 16:51:21 · answer #3 · answered by Sharpie211 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2016-10-19 05:32:18 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If somebody is proven to have lied they can be charged of perjury. The only thing is that proving that someone lied is harder than said,so I agree with you that a lot of people do lie under oath.
2007-03-20 16:57:53 · answer #5 · answered by The Captain 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because if it is proven that they did lie they pretty much signed the deal that they didn't. Lying to a court is kind of a big deal.
2007-03-20 16:45:58 · answer #6 · answered by Sam K 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It is the way it goes.. Yeah we all know they are lieing so it is a waste of time, they should have then say I will try to the best of my knowledge to lie through my teeth and try to get out of what I have done.. You know I have always wondered how when you are arrested they say, you are innocent until profane guilty.. well if that is the case why the hell am I being handcuffed and taken to jail...lol... do you happen to know the answer to that one
2007-03-20 16:56:57 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
The point is a formal demarcation of when they are subject to the penalties of perjury, as opposed to when they are not.
The oath/affirmation requirement is a form of notice of that potential penalty.
2007-03-20 20:29:26 · answer #8 · answered by coragryph 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Then they risk going to jail just like Martha Stewart and Scooter Libby.
2007-03-20 16:45:18 · answer #9 · answered by hebb 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋