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Sweden does not have any such protections. All evidence is admissible in court no matter how it was obtained, legally or illegally. Of course if you can prove
by mmelin 17y ago
Sweden does not have any such protections.
All evidence is admissible in court no matter how it was obtained, legally or illegally.
Of course if you can prove that the evidence was obtained illegally you can file charges for that, but the evidence will still be used.
- maryrosecook 17y agoDoes this include statements made under duress?
- mmelin 17y agoYes. There are two parts to this: parties in a trial are free to present any evidence to the court, no matter how it was obtained. However, the court alone decides the value of the evidence presented, and thus the weight it places in such evidence. Obviously statements from people suspected to be coerced in some way is not considered high-value evidence.
- amackera 17y agoI am shocked. This is an awful policy!
- dagw 17y agoMost countries have similar laws. The US is fairly unique in its strong laws about inadmissible evidence. The argument for those policies is that it stops people being let go on a technicality due to someone signing the wrong form or whatever. However just because evidence is admissible doesn't mean it has to be taken into consideration. Often the court will decide that certain evidence won't be taken into consideration due to how it was obtained. This is an entirely separate decision than whether or not it should be admissible.