Answer Me This! Podcast

In Episode 72, we answered Paul from Eastbourne‘s question about swearing on the Bible in court with all the savvy of people who think Ally McBeal was an accurate depiction of the legal process. Fortunately Saira from Kent has elaborated on the process:

I’m a Fingerprint Expert and have to give evidence and we are given the choice of taking the oath or the affirmation. The oath is ‘I swear by almighty God that the evidence I shall give shall be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.’ You don’t say ‘so help me God’ at the end unless you are on a film set where they obviously try and spice it up a bit. You can replace God with Allah or whatever deity your religion prefers. The affirmation is ‘I do solemnly, sincerely and truly declare and affirm that the evidence I give shall be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.’

So we can still swear on Almighty Zeus! What a relief. I think he was getting really worried that nobody takes him seriously anymore.

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