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Citizens Against Lying Lawyers

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The following is an incomplete survey of our 50 states of both their penalties as well as their statutes of limitations for the felonies of both perjury and . . . (most significantly) . . . of attorneys’ suborning (aiding/eliciting) perjury.

NOTE: Illinois, Michigan, and Tennessee seem to consider attorneys’ suborning perjury as even less troubling or onerous conduct than a lawyer’s witness, duly sworn to speak the truth, giving instead false testimony even when that perjury is at the lawyer’s coaching/instruction. This seems to contradict the statements in some states’ Code of Professional Responsibility that attorneys are to be held to a "higher" standard of conduct (i.e., ethics) than the average citizen.

 

States in BOLD type have (to date) provided this much of the information requested.
STATE PERJURY SUBORNING PERJURY
  Penalty (penalties) Statute of Limitations Penalty (penalties) Statute of Limitations
ALABAMA ? Three years ? Three years
ALASKA        
ARIZONA        
ARKANSAS        
CALIFORNIA        
COLORADO        
CONNECTICUT Nor less than one year nor more than five years or a fine of not more the $5,000.00 Five years Nor less than one year nor more than five years or a fine of not more the $5,000.00 Five years
DELAWARE        
FLORIDA        
GEORGIA ? ?

Fine not more than $1,000.00 ? or - not less than one year or more than ten years

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HAWAII        
IDAHO        
ILLINOIS A Class three felony Three years A Class four felony Three years
INDIANA        
IOWA        

KANSAS

        
KENTUCKY        
LOUISIANA        
MAINE A Class C crime Three years A Class C crime ?
MARYLAND ? One year ? One year
MASSACHUSETTS        
MICHIGAN Not more than fifteen years Six years Not more than five years Six years
MINNESOTA Not more than 5 years or
$10,000.00 fine or both 		Three years Not more than 5 years or $10,000.00 fine or both Three years
MISSISSIPPI Not exceeding 10 years Two years Not exceeding 10 years Two years

MISSOURI

     
MONTANA

Not to exceed 10 years or $50,000.00 fine or both

 Five years ? ?
NEBRASKA Max. 25 years or max. $25,000.00 fine (or both) ? Max. 25 years or max. $25,000.00 fine (or both) ?
NEVADA ? Three years ? Three years
NEW HAMPSHIRE ? Six years ? Six years
NEW JERSEY        

NEW MEXICO

        
NEW YORK        
NORTH CAROLINA        
NORTH DAKOTA ? Three years ? Three years
OHIO Felony of third degree ? ? ?
OKLAHOMA        
OREGON        
PENNSYLVANIA        
RHODE ISLAND      
SOUTH CAROLINA Max. five years
Min. six months		 Three years Max. five years
Min. six months		 Three years
SOUTH DAKOTA        
TENNESSEE A Class D felony Disfranchisement on conviction. ? A Class E felony Disfranchisement on conviction. ?
TEXAS        
UTAH        
VERMONT ? Three years ? Three years
VIRGINIA Three years- and"...forever incapable of holding any office of honor, profit or trust under the Constitution Virginia, or of serving as a juror." Three years Three years- and"...forever incapable of holding any office of honor, profit or trust under the Constitution Virginia, or of serving as a juror." Three years
WASHINGTON        
WEST VIRGINIA        
WISCONSIN

Max. 5 years - or
$10,000.00 fine - or both

Six years ? Six years
WYOMING        

 

NOTE: Several states’ attorney general’s office responded to the letter of request with the statement in effect that they were neither authorized nor funded to provide private citizens with this kind of "service" - i.e., providing photocopies of the requested statutes.

Also - less than half the states responded to or acknowledged receiving the letter requesting copies of their codes for both perjury and suborning perjury.

 

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IT’S TIME FOR CITIZEN ACTION!

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CALL, A Basic Right, An Opinion, A Survey, and A Petition for your study and use.
Comments and suggestions will be welcomed. If you would like a hard copy, e-mail me and I will send you one. lawethic@tripod.net
NOTE: NO funds are being requested. We ask only that you USE the attached petition, and further - - -that you mail a copy (copies) to:
CALL, PO Box 9024, Berkeley, CA 94709-0024
when mailing it to your senators and representatives in Washington, DC.

SUCH A UNITED EFFORT IS IMPORTANT
to hope to achieve a meaningful result.