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Criminal Law

Golden Gate University School of Law

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Why Cops Lie, Peter Keane Mar 2011

Why Cops Lie, Peter Keane

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Police officer perjury in court to justify illegal dope searches is commonplace. One of the dirty little not-so-secret secrets of the criminal justice system is undercover narcotics officers intentionally lying under oath. It is a perversion of the American justice system that strikes directly at the rule of law. Yet it is the routine way of doing business in courtrooms everywhere in America.