Does the government have an incentive to cross-examine a perjurious witness in the grand jury room?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Salerno, 974 F.2d 231 (2nd Cir. 1992):
Second, the government's proffered contention that it "ordinarily has little incentive to discredit a perjurious witness with a vigorous, on-the-spot examination" in the grand jury room, is similarly inapplicable on these facts. Although the government claimed that it has "little or no incentive to conduct a thorough cross-examination of Grand Jury witnesses who appear to be falsifying their testimony", see United States v. Salerno, 937 F.2d at 806, its
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