All 15 Uses
perjury
in
Just Mercy
(Edited)
- They told me I was being charged with perjury.
p. 107.9perjury = making false statements
- Perjury?
p. 107.9perjury = the criminal offense of telling lies after formally promising to tell the truth
- They just came and arrested me and told me I had been indicted for perjury.
p. 108.1perjury = making false statements
- It was unheard of to indict someone for perjury without any investigation or compelling evidence to establish that a false statement had been made.
p. 108.1
- On my way to his office, I decided to give him a chance to explain what was going on, instead of angrily complaining about the insanity of indicting someone for perjury because he had contradicted a State's witness.
p. 108.3
- Well, you've indicted someone for perjury for contradicting the state's case.
p. 110.9
- "Alabama case law is clear that a perjury charge can't be filed in the absence of clear and convincing evidence that a false statement has been made," I went on.
p. 111.1
- A perjury indictment seems like a tactic designed to intimidate and discourage people from coming forward with evidence that contradicts the State's case.
p. 111.2 *
- But don't worry I may drop the perjury charges against Houston.
p. 111.5
- Clearly, Ralph Meyers has either perjured himself at trial or has perjured himself in front of this Court.
p. 205.6perjured = made himself guilty of making false statements
- Clearly, Ralph Meyers has either perjured himself at trial or has perjured himself in front of this Court.
p. 205.6
- A review of the other factors set out above does not provide conclusive evidence that the witness, Ralph Meyers, perjured himself at the original trial.
p. 206.2
- This cause having been remanded to the Court for a determination of whether there is evidence to support the theory that Ralph Meyers perjured himself at the original trial and this court having determined that there is insufficient evidence to support that theory, it is therefore ORDERED, ADJUDGED and DECREED that the trial testimony of Ralph Myers is not found to have been perjured testimony.
p. 206.5perjured = made himself guilty by making false statements
- This cause having been remanded to the Court for a determination of whether there is evidence to support the theory that Ralph Meyers perjured himself at the original trial and this court having determined that there is insufficient evidence to support that theory, it is therefore ORDERED, ADJUDGED and DECREED that the trial testimony of Ralph Myers is not found to have been perjured testimony.
p. 206.6perjured = intentionally untrue
- In 1960, The New York Times printed an advertisement titled "Heed Their Rising Voices" that attempted to raise money to defend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. against perjury charges in Alabama.
p. 209.2perjury = making false statements
Definitions:
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(1)
(perjury) the criminal offense of telling lies after formally promising to tell the truth -- such as when testifying in a court trial
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)