But it is a crime to make a material misstatement (or a misleading omission!) to the feds if you talk to them. I agree that 18 USC 1001 really sucks, but people really should know. Don't lie to the feds. If thedy want to talk to you, geta lawyer. Even if you have to pay, it is worth your money. Unless you are immunized or under subpoena and have no privilege you don't have to talk to them at all, but don't, please, DON'T lie to them. You may well go to jail if you do.
--- Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
>
> On May 9, 2007, at 5:22 PM, Dennis Claxton wrote:
>
> > Personally, I'd rather see her wearing a signboard
> out in front of
> > one of the clubs she frequents, but I haven't
> given it much more
> > thought than that. I was in favor of freeing
> Martha Stewart though.
>
> Martha was a victim of the federal practice of
> trying to trap people
> into lying to a federal agent just to jail them,
> even if they weren't
> necessarily guilty of a crime in the first place.
> That's really
> sleazy and outrageous.
>
> By the way, I saw some stats recently about how few
> cases actually go
> to trial now (at the state/local level as well as
> the federal).
> Defendants are threatened with long prison terms and
> encouraged to
> agree to a plea bargain, which nets them just a few
> years behind
> bars. Anyone see these? I can't recover them...
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