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''Perjury in civil cases is virtually never prosecuted.'' Who said that? I did. ... Mr. McAfee was a defendant in a civil lawsuit in Lubbock, Tex. After that case was settled, the Federal prosecutor charged him with making ''false declarations'' at the deposition in his civil case.
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www.nytimes.com/1998/02/18/opinion/the-perjury-loophole...
www.nytimes.com/1998/02/18/opinion/the-perjury-loophole.html
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The best answer is that civil perjury is certainly illegal, but rarely prosecuted. Some lawyer-pundits initially said that it is never prosecuted. ... The psychiatrist eventually pleaded guilty to perjury in the civil case and last month she was sentenced to six months of house arrest.
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www.slate.com/id/1001966/
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Perjury is a Felony under 18USC§1621 and a ; Class 5 Felony under ; §18.2-434, 435, 436 of the Virginia Code ... It shall likewise constitute perjury for any person, with the intent to testify falsely, to knowingly give testimony under oath as to any material matter or thing and subsequently to give conflicting...
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www.pappastenant.com/suit/perjury.htm
www.pappastenant.com/suit/perjury.htm
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PERJURY - When a person, having taken an oath before a competent tribunal, officer, or person, in any case in which a law of the U.S. authorizes an oath to be administered, that he will testify, declare, depose, or certify truly, or that any written testimony, declaration, deposition, or certificate by him subscribed,
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www.lectlaw.com/def2/p032.htm
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Of more than a dozen attorneys surveyed, none had ever seen a lawyer or a litigant face the statutory penalties for perjury in a civil case. One attorney said he has never seen or heard of a prosecution for perjury in a civil matter in all of his 38 years in practice.
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psych.justicefreedom.org/page32.htm
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The solution proposed is a civil cause of action that features a qui tam provision allowing anyone with knowledge of perjury in a civil case to bring a claim on behalf of the jurisdiction where the perjury occurred, and to recover a civil penalty of at least $5,000 and up to $50,000 for each instance of perjury proven...
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papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=995255
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Lying in Court, TenantNet(tm) -- the Online Resource for Residential Tenants Rights ... I sent a slam-dunk case of perjury to my local D.A. a couple of years ago and pointed out that one of the parties admitted in my court that he had lied under oath. The D.A. never even responded to my letter.
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tenant.net/Court/nolo/nn102.html
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The Risk of Criminal Punishment for Perjury in a Civil Case is Too; Remote to be Effective. Increasing the risk of punishment has a greater deterrent effect than does increasing the severity of the punishment; 83,530 criminal defendants in U.S. District Courts only 88 were charged with perjury.
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www.ialsnet.org/documents/posters/EvidenceWattsperjuryp...
www.ialsnet.org/documents/posters/EvidenceWattsperjuryposter.pdf
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Perjury is far too common, but is a very difficult thing to prove, and prosecutors rarely seek to convict on perjury. To be perjury, the matter has to be not only false, but intended to be false and also material and relevant. One of the re...
http://forum.freeadvice.com/other-crimes-federal-state-...
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