| In my opinion, you are fighting a lost cause if you wish to get someone charged for obstruction of justice, because they didn't come forward with knowledge of a killers identity. First, you have to be able to prove that this person knows the killers identity. If you are able to do that, you most likely wouldn't need the person to come forth and testify. You would have a much easier time proving that a person lied or gave misleading information, but that requires that they come forward first. If a person really wants to stay quiet about something, you are pretty much screwed, unless it comes out later in court that they were lying or that they didn't come forth with evidence that could help. |