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Proposed Legislation Claims To Make Lying In Florida Legislature A Crime—Is It Reasonable?

A newly-proposed law in Florida called the “Truth in Government Act” would make it a crime to lie during Florida Legislative hearings. Specifically, it would make it a second or third-degree felony for anyone speaking under oath to “make a false statement” that they “[do] not believe to be true.” The bill threatens imprisonment… Read More »