THERE OUGHT TO BE A LAW ………….
After TA’s Post on Lawyers Committing Perjury,
I found this amazing post from an attorney
New York Litigation Lawyer (now deceased)” For the most part lawyers are considered advocates for their clients. They are expected to argue their client’s side of the case.Many times what lay people consider perjury the court does not. In general lawyers are immune from what they say in the courtroom while representing a client. Perjury is when a witness not a lawyer is testifying falsely. A lawyer however can be sanctioned for misrepresenting facts to a court and/or false pleading. ”
Other lawyers replied:
“Unless the lawyer testified under oath as a witness, he was not committing perjury no matter what he said.”
Jonathan H Levy Washington International Law Attorney
“It is not clear from your question if, from your perspective, the lawyer “lied” on behalf of or against the client. Mr. Sarno answered the former and I agree with his comments. ” Deirdre O’Connor Torrance Criminal Defense Attorney
There is a law; several of them actually. Perjury is serious business as it not only represents obstruction of justice per se, but it also represents and attempt to steal justice and plant on the record, in a case law system, lies that act like FTD Flowers “The gift that keeps on giving.” See 18 USC4 Misprision of a Felony or failure to report felonies and failure of duty to act on credible reported felonies: For a real-world and current case see: http://jimcraven10.wordpress.com/2012/12/19/attempts-to-report-felony-crimes-per-18-usc-4-28-usc-1361-exchanges-with-clark-county-sheriff-gary-lucas/
Hi Jim,
Are you interested in posting this? I think it would get more attention, email me.
Lawyers are also supposed to be Officers of The Court and Members of the Bar governed by Canons of Ethics. Since that doesn’t work a lot of lawyers (they are supposed to represent the law, on both sides, to represent the client not in getting off if guilty, but that any guilt is established within the law. That is why there is 18 USC 4 (Misprision of a Felony), 18 USC 73 (Obstruction of Justice) 18 USC 241 (Conspiracy Against Rights) and 242 (Conspiracy Under Color of Law)
I just turned down $100,000 of hush money (with no current civil litigation) because I do not break the law nor take public money to cover-up so the same creatures can go on to do the same or worse to others.
The premise of 18 USC 4 is simply that a felony is a crime not a tort, it is an offense against society not only particular targets, and once one “has knowledge of” a felony that knowledge is no longer his to keep and use or not use, perhaps later for extortion or for a promotion, in any case real victims await that information to expose and stop real harm being done and that might continue to be done until exposed and stopped.
http://jimcraven10.wordpress.com/2014/05/04/hush-money-and-sealed-settlements-to-cover-up-crimes-are-crimes-not-torts-no-need-to-cover-up-what-is-clean-only-what-is-dirty/
http://jimcraven10.wordpress.com/2012/12/19/attempts-to-report-felony-crimes-per-18-usc-4-28-usc-1361-exchanges-with-clark-county-sheriff-gary-lucas/