If she tries to say she lied, they will treat it the same way they did when she tried to drop charges. He will still be prosecuted, and she could be charged also.What is the jail Time/ punisment For Fileing a false police report?
Ah - that's quite common. So, he's charged with domestic violence. He hit her - she wants to recant her statement right? Yeah. I see that quite often with DV cases.
Firstly, I've worked a LOT of DV cases and seen plenty of victims recant what they told police originally. I've also never seen a single person get charged for it. It is a crime, but it's rare that she'll get charged with it. As far as that goes, it's a low level misdemeanor that she might get a little probation time, maybe a couple of days in jail or more, or community service. It's right in the same ball park with perjury which I've only seen people serve 24 hours in jail for.
Some D.A. offices have a ';request to drop charges'; form that she can fill out. It will ask her WHY she wants to drop the charge - she can just say she was in fear for her safety because he was being aggressive towards her verbally.
Chances are though, if police have photographs, her testimony won't matter.What is the jail Time/ punisment For Fileing a false police report?
Tell her to just drop the charges rather than saying she lied about it.
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