For Bonds, Lying Worked Well: Interview With James B. Stewart
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Once upon a time, perjury was an offense so serious that in England you could get your tongue cut out. Nowadays people lie with impunity under oath and live to babble about it.
But imagine if Martha Stewart had to mime her TV show. Or if a lingual intervention kept Bernie Madoff from another promotional interview. Might make people lie a little less.