California · Penal Code
PEN §127: Every person who willfully procures another person to commit perjury is guilty of subornation of perjury, and is punishable in the same manner as he would be if personally guilty of the perjury so pro
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A person who intentionally induces another to commit perjury is guilty of subornation of perjury and faces the same punishment as if they committed the perjury themselves.
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