Criminal law; penalties for lying

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Penalties for lying range from sentencing enhancements to contempt citations and the occasional perjury prosecution. Perjury prosecutions are hard to prove, so they are still relatively rare. Prosecutors must have evidence that the defendant swore to tell the truth in a federal case and then willfully stated or subscribed to a material matter not believed to be true. Plaintiffs with proof of the literal truth of their statements, even though these are nonresponsive and misleading, cannot be charged with perjury.

United States, Sentences (Criminal procedure), Contempt of court

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Not the usual sex and drugs proceeding

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The unusual fraud and perjury trial of Dr. Cecil B. Jacobson before the Circuit Court in Alexandria, VA, centers around questions of medical impropriety in his fertility clinic practice. Jacobson is accused of hormone quackery and of misrepresenting his own sperm as that of young medical students. The prosecution has presented many women who have successfully sued Jacobson in civil court. Defense attorney James R. Tate intends to provide expert witnesses to support Jacobson's hormone treatments.

Physicians, Medical malpractice, Mail fraud

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Drug dealer convicted in overdose death

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Geneva Ray Talbert was convicted of felony homicide on Feb 10, 1992 in causing the death from drug overdose of a man to whom she sold cocaine. Virginia's felony homicide statute is controversial because it allows defendants to be convicted even if, as in Talbert's case, they were not present when the deceased person took the drugs and died. However, the conviction may not withstand appellate scrutiny due to the lapse of time between distribution of the drug and the death.

Drugs, Homicide, Overdose, Talbert, Geneva Ray

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