Posted by
NOTLEGALROADKILLYET on Thursday, October 19, 2006 12:04:34 AM
After a long delay, the clever Widget maker finally makes an appearance at his deposition and spins some interesting yarns. So interesting, in fact that they are easily provable as perjury, obvious perjury.
There is a statute of limitations on perjury. Is it in the public interest to prohibit the victim from making a criminal perjury complaint if the statute of limitations is about to expire, say within three months time? If so, won't the clever Widget maker simply try to delay the trial beyond that time?
The question we as a society must ask is one of timing. At what point do we want a DA to step in to punish a crime or try to prevent additional crimes. If DA Chambers goes before this totally unaccountable structural Kangaroo Court, the answer we are likely to get is that a DA can NEVER do any of these things. That can't possibly be in the public interest.