perjury
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Ex-interior minister Lee Sang-min has been sentenced to seven years in prison, while former spy chief Cho Tae-yong is standing trial on charges including dereliction of duty and perjury.
From Barron's • Feb. 16, 2026
Bennett Gershman, a professor at Pace University’s Elisabeth Haub School of Law, said that proving Bondi committed perjury would “depend on the evidence and whether it is reliable.”
From Salon • Feb. 12, 2026
Price has been charged with embezzlement, perjury and having a conflict of interest, by casting votes on real estate projects whose developers had hired his wife.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2026
Although no court found that Mr. Novick had committed perjury or any other crime, the mere allegation put him on a police blacklist.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 11, 2025
"Well, you've indicted someone for perjury for contradicting the state's case. Do you intend to prosecute everyone who challenges the evidence in this case?"
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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