26mi235 wrote:
rojo wrote:Lance belongs in prison for perjury.
I do not remember when he testified under oath in a manner that would involve perjury. Was the civil case about the insurance a case where he testified under oath in a manner that opens him to perjury?
I am not trying to be a butt-head or a Lance apologist, but I just do not remember (and I am posting a long-term name, not some no-name account).
Yes - it was a case that was specifically arguing whether he doped or not. He said, under oath, that he did not.
Whether we personally think perjury should result in someone going to jail is one thing, but the fact remains that one clear penalty for perjury is jail time.
It is not that lying about a bike race is an important crime, but lying in Court, under oath, has massive implications for a society built on the rule of law.
If we can't have fair trials where witness testimony is to be believed, we really can't have a system based on laws - and that is a huge problem that must be deterred.