# Conflct between 1st and 6th Amendments

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conflct-between-1st-and-6th-amendments/611667>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [February 3, 2012, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conflct-between-1st-and-6th-amendments/611667 "2012-02-03T18:22:51Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 7, 2012, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conflct-between-1st-and-6th-amendments/611667/61 "2012-02-07T20:54:31Z")

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> [@Fear\_Itself](#):
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> And rightly so. But other lies, such as telling the jury how the accused committed the crime is not only permitted, but necessary to their job. I am not condemning it; merely pointing out that there are lies, and then there are lies. Only some are forbidden.

Do you distinguish at all between lying about something, and being incorrect about something?

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**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2012, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conflct-between-1st-and-6th-amendments/611667/62 "2012-02-07T20:59:40Z")

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> [@Miller](#):
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> Do you distinguish at all between lying about something, and being incorrect about something?

I don’t distinguish between lying and representing conjecture as fact.

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