TITLE 18

CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS

CHAPTER 54

PERJURY AND SUBORNATION OF PERJURY

18-5411.  Perjury resulting in execution of innocent person. Every person who, by wilful perjury or subornation of perjury procures the conviction and execution of any innocent person, is punishable by death.

History:

[18-5411, added 1972, ch. 336, sec. 1, p. 949.]