obstruction of justice (1854) Interference with the orderly administration of law and justice, as by giving false information to or withholding evidence from a police officer or prosecutor, or by harming or intimidating a witness or juror. • Obstruction of justice is a crime in most jurisdictions. — Also termed obstructing justice; obstructing public justice. See perverting the course of justice.

“The goal, — to proscribe every wilful act of corruption, intimidation or force which tends in any way to distort or impede the administration of law either civil or criminal — has been very largely attained, partly by aid of legislation. And any punishable misdeed of such a nature which is not recognized as a distinct crime, is usually called ‘obstruction of justice,’ or ‘obstructing justice,’ — a common-law misdemeanor.” Rollin M. Perkins & Ronald N. Boyce, Criminal Law 552 (3d ed. 1982).

OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE, Black’s Law Dictionary (11th ed. 2019)

Does this apply when a court reporter, such as Jana Perry of the Circuit Courts in Arkansas, purposefully makes an inaccurate transcription of a hearing?

What if a judge, such as Susan Kaye Weaver, threatens to refer a person for prosecution of the crime of the unauthorized practice of law if that person argues or testifies on her own behalf, just because the testimony will also benefit another entity?

And what about if an attorney, such as William Zac White of Heber Springs is colluding with the judge and court reporter and threatens to report their victim to a sympathetic good ol’ boy sheriff on trumped up charges?

I prefer the term for Obstruction of Justice used in other countries.

Perverting the Course of Justice.