Is deliberate lying by witness a criminal offence?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from United States v. Alo, 439 F.2d 751 (2nd Cir. 1971):
Cf. United States v. Essex, 407 F.2d 214 (6th Cir. 1969) (interpreting 18 U.S. C. 1503, judicial counterpart of 1505, as not encompassing deliberate lying by witness where gist of offense was falsehood, not evasiveness, of testimony).
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