Here's the deal. Our ENTIRE JUSTICE SYSTEM in the U.S. is predicated on the premise that PEOPLE MUST TELL THE TRUTH UNDER OATH. People are sentenced to death, people are bankrupted, and people are enriched by billions of dollars all under the single premise that you can lie all you want to the media or your friends, but ONCE YOU ARE IN A COURT OF LAW and UNDER OATH, you CANNOT LIE OR YOU WILL BE PUNISHED.If this premise is undermined, our entire legal system is meaningless. When people are permitted to lie under oath without severe penalty, the system falls apart and testimony becomes a meaningless web of lies with no ability to discern the truth from lies.PERJURY must be treated seriously and penalized harshly.
