Offenses of lying to a court, to police or to officials, including perjury, getting another person to commit perjury, false statements, false police reports, wasting police time and framing a person for a crime. An offense belongs here when the wrong is a false account given to the justice system. It excludes tampering with a witness or with evidence. Entries placed here are Perjury, Subornation of Perjury, Making False Statements, False Police Report, Wasting Police Time and Frameup.
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Subornation of perjury (Wikipedia)
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In American law, Scots law, and under the laws of some English-speaking Commonwealth nations, subornation of perjury is the crime of persuading or permitting a person to commit perjury, which is the swearing of a false oath to tell the truth in a legal proceeding, whether spoken or written.
Making false statements (Wikipedia)
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Making false statements (18 U.S.C. § 1001) is the common name for the United States federal process crime laid out in Section 1001 of Title 18 of the United States Code, which generally prohibits knowingly and willfully making false or fraudulent statements, or concealing information, in "any matter within the jurisdiction" of the federal government of the United States, even by merely denying guilt when asked by a federal agent.
Wasting police time (Wikipedia)
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Wasting police time is listed as a criminal offence in many Commonwealth countries.
Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School: Perjury (Wex Legal Dictionary)
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Perjury is a criminal offense that occurs when a witness knowingly and intentionally makes a false statement while under oath about a material issue.
Department of Justice Canada (Justice Laws Website): Criminal Code, section 140
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Every one commits public mischief who, with intent to mislead, causes a peace officer to enter on or continue an investigation by (a) making a false statement that accuses some other person of having committed an offence;
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Every one commits public mischief who, with intent to mislead, causes a peace officer to enter on or continue an investigation by (a) making a false statement that accuses some other person of having committed an offence; (b) doing anything intended to cause some other person to be suspected of having committed an offence that the other person has not committed, or to divert suspicion from himself;
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