> (2) Falsely and maliciously to indict another for any crime, or to procure another to be charged or arrested for any crime.
So this means police informants in connection to the police are also committing a crime? Far too often people with recorded criminal activities are baited into getting another person caught for a more severe crime like terrorism, in exchange of being let go.
>So this means police informants in connection to the police are also committing a crime?
It says "falsely and maliciously".
So, if what say is true, it's not a crime.
If what they say is false but they believe it to be true, it's not done "maliciously", so it's not a crime.
If what they say is false and they know it, yeah, it is a crime.
But if the police and court believes them, or if it's the police itself that pressured them to point their fingers to some person they wanted to get, then it doesn't matter whether it's a crime or not, as it wont be prosecuted, and the police not only doesn't care, but explicitly wants the false testimony.
So this means police informants in connection to the police are also committing a crime? Far too often people with recorded criminal activities are baited into getting another person caught for a more severe crime like terrorism, in exchange of being let go.