Does immunity from prosecution extend to include extrajudicial conspiracies between prosecutors and witnesses to give false testimony?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Dory v. Ryan, 999 F.2d 679 (2nd Cir. 1993):
Briscoe v. LaHue, supra, was expressly limited to immunity for testimony given in judicial proceedings, and its rationale--to encourage witnesses to come forward with all they know--does not justify extending that immunity to cover extra-judicial conspiracies between witnesses and the prosecutor to give false testimony.
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