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shakna on Sept 20, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: New York inmate's golf drawings lead to exoneratio...

Would not the swearing in, where you promise to tell the whole truth be where you perjure yourself, if you withhold evidence?

boomboomsubban on Sept 20, 2018 [–]

Witnesses are under oath, not the prosecution.

shakna on Sept 20, 2018 | [–]

Curious, in my country, before being allowed to speak in a criminal court, witnesses, defense and prosecution must all take the oath.

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