2007-08-14 06:59:55 · 8 answers · asked by ahaid 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
No and i think that's the right protected by the fifth amendment.
You may plea guilty if that's what you want but nobody can force you to do that. So force you to take an oath and then plea could be considered a violation of your fifth amendment right.
But if you don't want to lie you can plea no contest.
2007-08-14 07:19:07 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it is more to do with the old proverbial "GUILTY UNTIL PROVEN INNOCENT", and if that happens it wasn't their fault! They were just twisting the so-called evidence. ANYBODY who thinks that there is truth coming from the other parties involved is sadly mistaken!!!! Here's one you can throw back at your teacher- If hearsay is not admissable in court, why is the DA reading a piece of paper to spread his fertilizer? How about when someone accepts a plea and lies in his statement because they are not willing to place their lives in the hands of 12 so-called peers, I don't know who's peers because I've never seen any of my peers there, who know nothing of the laws and are missing out on a real paycheck because of this stuff?? Look up the facts under the Innocence project. Almost all of the people who are eventually proven innocent, FOR A FACT, by the same evidence used to convict them, are FORCED by the courts to write a plea statement. In this statement you are FORCED to refer to the Creative Writing tactics that were used by the police who put him there. The legal system is a joke and it's time to start tearing it apart from the inside out. Judge Roy Bean and Hitler used these same tactics. The worse we allow this system to become the worse the criminals will get! It's a good thing Lady Justice is blind, but does she have to be so G@DDA##NED ignorant to boot?
2007-08-14 09:29:33 · answer #2 · answered by pappyld04 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Perjury means lying under oath. It is possible to be found guilty even though you are innocent.
2007-08-14 07:03:22 · answer #3 · answered by regerugged 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope, because you're not under oath. And making a plea that you are not guilty of the charged crime is not the same as denying that you did the facts that they're charged with (because you can be not guilty for a whole slew of reasons).
2007-08-14 07:04:21 · answer #4 · answered by Perdendosi 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's only perjury if you lie under oath, on the stand.
2007-08-14 07:02:38 · answer #5 · answered by Jay L 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i took a class on the criminal justice system and we discussed this until the professor explained what the answer was. it was vey interesting.
2007-08-14 07:03:51 · answer #6 · answered by tehckisnow 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No.
2007-08-14 07:03:35 · answer #7 · answered by Hillary 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no it is not.
2007-08-14 07:02:33 · answer #8 · answered by ggates1982 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋