I don’t know how you figure, because she was after all on death row, so you can get death for whatever it was she was convicted of. Second, I did say *if* his lies are what led to her sentence, then he should face the same punishment as she faced. If it was incidental, that’s different.
It might indeed sound Old Testamentish, as another wrote, but if someone frames a person for murder, I believe he should face murder charges even though he didn’t kill anyone, just as the framed person did (who also didn’t kill anyone). Similarly I would charge those women who knowingly and falsely claim rape, with rape charges. (e.g. Tawana Brawley.) Lying under oath when another’s life or freedom hangs in the balance ought to be discouraged.
“there is no evidence other than his word of the alleged confession.”
And therein lies the rub. The lady served 22 years of her life in jail for a crime for which there existed no physical evidence of her committing the crime. She’s going to get a very big payout at the end of all this.