Why do people on the witness stand have to tell "the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth" but lawyers are allowed to lie and deceive all day long?

by Simmering Frog Posted 2012/08/19 04:04:06

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KarenInKenoshaWisconsin 2012/08/20 21:53:12

The average person is supposed to remain civil while lawyers are expected to act and be highly political. Unlike the doctrine of discovery which favored Christian rule/ruled, we now live under the often unwritten doctrines of financialization which favor the rich or well lawyered above all else in court. Heh.

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classic 2012/08/19 19:56:23

Because the lawyers are not answering questions, they are the ones asking them...

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Alvin 2012/08/19 16:51:24

Mainly because the lawyers are NOT under oath

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Reggie☮ 2012/08/19 15:48:38

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Good question........

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D D 2012/08/19 13:27:26

This is why our court system is so messed up. It needs to stop.

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Luke 2012/08/19 11:07:56

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Because they are practicing to be politicians..

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shadow76 2012/08/19 09:34:08

Because it is big business now not Justice!

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Brian 2012/08/19 08:04:14

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Jeez I can't believe I'm going to defend lawyers here but here goes, they are not the ones on the witness stand and therefore haven't taken the "truth oath" during A trial.

Damn! I feel like I need to shower now

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Alvin to Brian 2012/08/19 16:52:02

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Yeah, I know how you feel

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classic to Brian 2012/08/19 19:58:28

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Do you know how to tell when times are Hard???

It is when you see lawyer with his hands in his own pocket.....LMAO

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Kozmo 2012/08/19 05:44:40

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The job of the jury is to decide who is the better lawyer. Been a witness in a Civil Court (Oxy?) and when in session the attorneys were cats & dogs, when on recess they were civil & jovial, they're bloody (good) actors. I rest my [brain]case.

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sjalan 2012/08/19 05:38:24

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Same reason politicians and ministers and priests can lie, It's in their nature!

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JohnT 2012/08/19 05:15:46 (edited)

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I have been on at least 6 juries and they do everything by the book. I always came away feeling justice was served.

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sglmom 2012/08/19 04:57:51

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You DO Have a valid point here!

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Mark In Irvine 2012/08/19 04:55:56

Oh jeez - I should have known this would be yours - people on the witness stand are testifying under oath - the lawyers are not allowed to lie, though some do, and the lawyers are (generally) not witnesses. Your questions are routinely full of untruths and oversimplifications. You've got nothing unless you appeal to the uneducated and ignorant and willfully stupid.

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Simmeri... to Mark In... 2012/08/19 15:58:13

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I suspect you have a lot of personal insecurities.

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Mark In... to Simmeri... 2012/08/20 04:18:23

ha ha ha!!! you're quite the comedian!!!

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wtw 2012/08/19 04:29:45

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Good question!

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CUDDLY BUT STILL CRABBY 2012/08/19 04:26:58

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Just like the formerly sovereign Nation of the USA, jurisprudence teeters on the edge of obliteration as well. When the rule of law is so blatantly ignored or obstructed as it is now courtesy of Obama's DOJ, it's just a matter of time (without intervention) when all bets are off.

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flaca BN-0 2012/08/19 04:22:37

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ha ha... good question. I don't think they're allowed to lie. But they do get to withhold evidence in some ways. The lying is more akin to painting something in a way that isn't rational.... and the scary thing is, if they're people with the gift of the gab (as lawyers are) they can influence feeble-minded jurors into believing them.

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Dagon 2012/08/19 04:19:11
Kozmo to Dagon 2012/08/19 05:48:34

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Good job too. Usually get paid, win or lose.

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Firefly 2012/08/19 04:16:27 (edited)

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hmmm...

Good point

and Great question ;p

Got my fingers crossed now,

'cuz I go to court in a few days, so...

I'll be payin' more attention while there !

Thanks for the post, it was rather timely ;0 )

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OhMyMeow 2012/08/19 04:06:51

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Lawyers don't lie. They aren't allowed to. But~ That doesn't stop them from bending the truth so forcefully that even the person in question isn't even sure what they saw anymore.

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Kozmo to OhMyMeow 2012/08/19 05:53:34 (edited)

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"Anatomy of a Murder" was an example. Attorney would mention something that other objects to, gets sustained. Judge tells jury to "disregard & forget" statement.
Clients asks the the losing lawyer about it, he whispers 'They DON'T'. Planting a lie.

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