Every person who, by willful perjury or subornation of perjury procures the conviction and execution of any innocent person, is punishable by death or life imprisonment without possibility of parole. The penalty shall be determined pursuant to Sections 190.3 and 190.4.
Cal. Penal Code § 128
Perjury and Subornation of Perjury
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case 11 Cal. 4th 786 - People v. Memro (1995)
Most recently applied in Colin Dickey v. Ron Davis (May 2023)
Amended by Stats. 1977, Ch. 316.
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