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| − | + | '''False accusation''' (or '''trumped-up charges''') is a serious abuse of the [[judicial system]]. In democratic countries, extensive protections exist to curtail this abuse. In dictatorships and even in emerging democracies, such protections are lacking or weak. | |
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| + | "Thou shalt not bear false witness" is the ninth of the [[Ten Commandments]], so false accusation is clearly against God's will in the [[Judeo-Christian]] tradition.. | ||
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Revision as of 12:49, March 11, 2009
False accusation (or trumped-up charges) is a serious abuse of the judicial system. In democratic countries, extensive protections exist to curtail this abuse. In dictatorships and even in emerging democracies, such protections are lacking or weak.
"Thou shalt not bear false witness" is the ninth of the Ten Commandments, so false accusation is clearly against God's will in the Judeo-Christian tradition..