perjury
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In May 2025, a grand jury indicted Owens on one count of fraudulent schemes, one count of forgery, four counts of perjury and one count of tampering with physical evidence in Echard’s case.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026
Archer was made a life peer in 1992 but his political career was paused in 2001 when he was jailed for four years for perjury and perverting the course of justice.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
By misrepresenting nonsensical evidence, he accused Smith of perjury.
From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026
Unfortunately for Schmitt, pinning potential perjury charges on a basketball game Smith never attended was probably never going to work.
From Slate ● Sep. 29, 2026
Levi Burr, an inmate imprisoned for perjury, published a detailed memoir in 1833.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
This, Denery points out, gave liars some flexibility: They could perhaps justify their perjuries with a crop of favorable outcomes—not just for their neighbors, but for themselves too.
From Slate ● Feb. 6, 2015
The defense drew from Cook the admission that he had not been indicted for any of his perjuries.
From Time Magazine Archive
Several little harmless perjuries make an airtight case for the prosecution.
From Time Magazine Archive
I’ll have no chance against your combined perjuries.
From Dorrien of Cranston by Bertram Mitford
Every few days he encountered the bully in court, listened to his cold-blooded perjuries.
From Comrade Yetta by Albert Edwards
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