1.   And, normally, a perjury prosecution may not rest on the testimony of a single witness.

2.   Data supplied by court officials in two states, California and New York, suggest that perjury prosecutions are not as rare as some have suggested.

3.   He said that each year there are more federal perjury prosecutions than kidnapping prosecutions.

4.   In sum, we find nothing like a consistent historical tradition supporting the proposition that the element of materiality in perjury prosecutions is to be decided by the judge.

5.   It may also be suggested that perjury prosecutions are rare and that the crime is a long coast dotted with countless safe harbors.

6.   Such legal prohibitions on the use of compelled statements do not apply to their use in a perjury prosecution, defense attorneys said.

7.   The ordinary remedies for refusing to testify, or testifying falsely, are a criminal contempt charge or a perjury prosecution.

8.   The practice of having courts determine the materiality of false statements in perjury prosecutions is neither as old, nor as uniform, as the Government suggests.

9.   The reason for the rule is that courts discourage perjury prosecutions for slight or irrelevant misstatements, like an incorrect age or date.

10.   Those who had maintained during their trials that they were innocent also face possible perjury prosecutions after belatedly acknowledging their guilt.