EVIDENCE LAW PROBLEMS WHICH LEAD TO THE ABSENCE OF ACQUITTALS AND THE CONVICTION OF INNOCENTS
In my opinion, very little evidence of guilt is sufficient in most countries for…
The uncorroborated testimony of an eyewitness is also sufficient in most countries,…
Although many systems traditionally required a defendant’s confession to be corroborated,…
Finally, most jurisdictions base convictions primarily on the testimony of police…
Another serious inroad on the presumption of innocence is that appellate courts,…
Despite the poor quality of evidence tolerated in our court systems, a jury, mixed…
I have also been impressed by the weak rules in many courts relating to convictions…
Some modern European courts take a much more cavalier approach to convictions based…
A fantastic example of the “mega-evaluation” approach was evident in the decision…
Not all jurisdictions are so eager to include weak or inadequately proved evidence…