(01-30-2015, 04:57 AM)Observer Wrote:(01-30-2015, 04:32 AM)Justice Wrote: Isn't perjury a Federal offense?
   I assume he is an American citizen living in New Zealand.  It that is correct, and IF the state should later charge him with perjury, which they could, I think...then, I can see New Zealand perhaps agreeing in a heartbeat to extradite him.  From what I've seen in the past, perjury charges would not be brought until after the trail is done.
   For example, I recall that after the Casey Anthony case was over and done, the state of Florida was discussing whether or not to charge Cindy Anthony (Casey's mom) with perjury.  They must have decided not to pursue it, likely because it would be hard to prove.  But McGee signed a sworn affidavit that was presented in court as evidence. Cindy Anthony never did that.  She did get on the stand and claim SHE was the one who was searching the computer but said she was searching for something else. Therefore it could be a 'mistake'.  There is no way it can be proven she was lying.  Moms do things like that.  Some would go to prison in the offspring's stead, if they could.
  Mark however, made his brags on social media that he was going to testify and get her out of jail.  Then, he signed a sworn statement with his lies on paper. But it has been proven he lied.  i won't be surprised if down the road we read where he's going to stand charges for perjury.  He got his 15 minutes of fame, but he may get more than he bargained for in the long run!
I hope Marc McGee is convicted of perjury because he should be punished for what he put Deanna and the bishop and Travis's family and friends through. Most of the time people who lie in court are not even charged with perjury. However, several famous people were convicted of perjury and served prison sentences. This includes Martha Stewart, Andrea Sneiderman, Mark Fuhrman, Rap Artist Kim, Athlete Marion Jones and Author Jeffrey Archer. Lance Armstrong was accused of perjury but I don't know if he was convicted of that charge.
This is a Death Penalty case.
Arias is fighting for her life because she strongly feels she doesn't deserve to die given the "true" evidence that she has presented.
But she is doing so encouraging others to lie for her as she has lied throughout this case and her life.
Arias took full advantage of the support by McGee because they are of like minds.
Because this is a DP case, no one should be allowed to get away with lying when someone's life is at stake. Arias will not get away with it whether by receiving the DP or spending the rest of her natural life behind bars and out of the free world. She is a danger.
Her lies and McGee's lies have been exposed and proven in a court of law.
McGee swore on his affidavit that what he was saying was the "whole truth and nothing but the truth". He signed this affidavit. Never mind that he did not have the conviction of his beliefs to stand up in open court and tell his stories because he knew full well he was lying.
He probably thought that by using the affidavit he was above any charges for lying and that by living in New Zealand, no one would make the effort to make him pay for lying.
But his affidavit was a sworn, signed statement AND presented in court as such. If nothing else, he should be set as the example that what he did was NOT above the law. To lie, especially in a DP case, to obtain 15 min. of fame and supposedly to save someone from the ultimate punishment is illegal and he should be punished.
Thankfully, any semblance of character in this man has gone down the toilet no matter where he lives. He has essentially crucified himself.
BTW, I feel that the Defense Team, namely Nurmi and Willmott, should be held accountable as well for supporting this sworn statement and entering it into the court records knowing full well that it was packed with lies that were subsequently proven to be so in court.