DOING TIME FOR PERJURY IN A CIVIL CASE

From: Capitol Hill Press Releases | Date: October 7, 1998 | Copyright information

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Immediate Release October 7, 1998

Doing Time for Perjury in a Civil Case

On the back of this page is an account of the trial and appeal of Ku Klux Klan leader David Wayne Holland who was convicted of violating 18 U.S.C. 1621, the federal perjury statute. Holland's perjury was committed in a civil case.

When Holland was sentenced, the district court departed from the sentencing guidelines and gave Holland a lighter sentence than the guidelines called for. The judge's rationale was that the guidelines were applicable to the sentencing of those who perjured themselves in ...

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