Common_Sense_Matters wrote:
Let's just say that someone were to misstep during the "interrogation" on the stand, the prosecutor still has the burden of proof, he has to prove that you actually lied when your perjury trial comes up. It would suck, it will cost thousands of dollars out of pocket but then all that could be saved by measured words.
Of course...
Yet not all of us are capable of carefully measuring our words...
My philosophy has always been "don't break the law asshole"... But I have experienced problems due to ignorance or bias (I live in China remember