Pubdate: Thu, 06 Jan 2000 Date: 01/06/2000 Source: Los Angeles Times (CA) Author: Norwood Price Authors: Norwood Price Re "Scandal Shows Why Innocent Plead Guilty," Dec. 31: It is interesting how those officers who are sworn to enforce the law decide to commit perjury and how prosecutors and judges ignore blatant signs of perjury. It is justice around the constitutional protections established to assure a fair trial. I have seen police officers perjure themselves in traffic offenses, but the prison sentences that were gained for the prosecution frighten me and I wonder if this is another cost of the "free hand" given the police and prosecutors in the war on drugs. Norwood Price, Burbank