Saturday, August 2, 2008

Perjury and police

Perjury: Is it different for cops?

Interesting story in the Star today – my sense is that police don’t lie very often – they have their own impressions but that’s a different matter. Regardless this is a good story worth reading.


Cases show double standard, critics say
Aug 02, 2008

Betsy Powell Peter Small Staff reporters

A Toronto judge acquits two men of firearms charges, finding that police testimony was "unreliable, likely false." In another courtroom, a judge convicts a prominent community activist of perjury, ruling that she deliberately misled the court.

Full story here:

http://www.thestar.com/article/471623

1 comment:

The Mound of Sound said...

Eddie Greenspan dealt with police perjury in a book he wrote in the 80's. He laid out a number of examples of blatant perjury in which the court dismissed the officers' evidence but did nothing by way of censure.