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Alan Dershowitz - The courtroom oath-to tell the truth...
The courtroom oath-to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth-is applicable only to witnesses... because the American justice system is built on a foundation of not telling the whole entire truth. (Alan Dershowitz)

The courtroom oath-to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth-is applicable only to witnesses... because the American justice system is built on a foundation of not telling the whole entire truth.

Alan Dershowitz

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