If the cops were willing to lie to get someone else a life prison term, they should get life terms themselves.
"If the cops were willing to lie to get someone else a life prison term, they should get life terms themselves."
"If a malicious witness takes the stand to accuse a man of a crime. . . and if the witness proves to be a liar, giving false testimony against his brother, then do to him as he intended to do to his brother. You must purge the evil from among you. The rest of the people will hear of this and be afraid, and never again will such an evil thing be done among you."
Deuteronomy 19.16ff