What is the punishment for obstruction of justice?

Last updated on: February 14, 2020
I'm a student and i'm currently undertaking legal studies. I've been reading this play the teacher gave us. I need to know something about obstruction of justice. To be more specific: This man has seen someone being raped and has not reported it to the police. What will his punishment be, if any?
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This would not always be obstruction of justice, unless the man was called as a witness and then lied about seeing anything and they can prove that he had.  Then the punishment would vary by state.  

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