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Why even have an exception? Surely public safety is more important than trying to add a confession to all of the other evidence. The exception seems like some
by axus 14y ago
Why even have an exception? Surely public safety is more important than trying to add a confession to all of the other evidence. The exception seems like something that could be abused in other cases.
I'd go further, and say that no statements made by an accused person should be admissible in court. That way, you don't give any incentives for coercion.
- e12e 14y agoI recommend this Guardian comment on the same subject: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/apr/20/boston-marathon-dzhokhar-tsarnaev-mirnada-rights http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/apr/20/boston-m... I don't think refusing the accused a voice would really help the investigation of most cases, nor the course of justice. But the path the US (and allies, such as Great Britain) have started down is a very dark one.