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Penal Code § 128

CHAPTER 5. Perjury and Subornation of Perjury

Current as of September 28, 2026Pen. Code, § 128Official source ↗

Amended by Stats. 1977, Ch. 316.

Every person who, by willful perjury or subornation of perjury procures the conviction and execution of any innocent person, is punishable by death or life imprisonment without possibility of parole. The penalty shall be determined pursuant to Sections 190.3 and 190.4.