View Poll Results: does lying about a speeding ticket warrant 6 months jail?

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Nottm_S2 · 2006-05-25 07:37:10

Where's the :spam: in the poll? :thinker: :corner:

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May 25, 2006 | 02:54 AM

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mytse

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Where's the

in the poll?

May 25, 2006 | 02:54 AM

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Nottm_S2

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are you saying that if I lie and say my mate was with me when he broke someone's face its the same as if i lie and take the points for my missus cos she has 9 and needs her car for her livelihood?

bollox is it.

May 25, 2006 | 02:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Chris Type R,May 25 2006, 02:52 AM

My point is that perjury is perjury - why allow degrees of perjury depending on popular acceptance of the original crime

Killing someone is killing someone. Unless they didnt mean it, then its manslaughter. But if they did it on purpose its murder, if they thought about it, then did it on purpose, its pre meditated, if they did it to an intruder in their bedroom its legal.
Or are they all the same?

May 25, 2006 | 02:55 AM

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[QUOTE=Hypersonik,May 25 2006, 11:52 AM] Absolutely! Give her a 3 month driving ban and a

May 25, 2006 | 02:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Hypersonik,May 25 2006, 11:43 AM

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Sorry, you seemed to be dealing with this in such an inhuman black/white way I thought you might like binary better...

But that's what *really* happened, that's what she's in trouble for. I'm not sure how I feel about her going to prison for it but there's no point in banging on about speeding not being that serious a crime if it's not the issue.

May 25, 2006 | 02:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Hypersonik,May 25 2006, 11:55 AM

Murder, manslaughter, unlawful killing IIRC are some of the crimes which cover killing a person.

Perjury is a crime.

There is no crime of simply killing.

May 25, 2006 | 02:58 AM

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She's an idiot for trying it on (and for getting caught) and deserves her punishment ...

May 25, 2006 | 02:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Hypersonik,May 25 2006, 11:49 AM

BUT WE ARENT DEALING WITH RAPE in this instance.

So on your analysis, perjury is OK in one instance but not another, depending on whether you view the underlying accusation as being serious or not?

Sorry, the system doesn't work that way. I agree entirely with Chris. Perjury is perjury is perjury.

I'd imagine that the six month custodial sentence (which bear in mind she'd be out after three) was intended to be a deterrent, knowing full well that it would hit the headlines. Archer got considerably longer than six months for lying in a civil claim, let alone a criminal claim.....

May 25, 2006 | 02:59 AM

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Hey Chris, I notice that you have 'Stealth - Bel Euro 550 & Morpheus Geodesy' as part of your sig. Why? From your replys you obviously dont speed so why would you need them? With any luck, you wont have them turned on one day, and you'll get caught doing not much wrong. You'll understand then.