Confessions
Confessions
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忏悔
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发表时间：
2021
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通讯作者：
Gavin Dingwall
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作者：
Tim F. Hillier;Gavin Dingwall
招供通常被视为有罪的决定性因素。然而，心理学研究和记录在案的司法不公表明，供词并不总是可靠的：有些是由于压迫而诱使的，而有些人则感到迫切需要承认“有罪”，尽管没有承担任何责任。这对寻找真相的影响是显而易见的——将“罪责”归咎于错误的一方会导致忏悔者得到不公正的结果，并可能导致有罪的一方逃避侦查。法律上的回应承认需要保护，既要防止事实上的司法不公，也要防止压迫性或不公平的调查做法。这里将讨论发现真相的另一个限制；也就是说，真实的供词因其获取方式而被排除在外。
Confessions are commonly viewed as determinative of guilt. Psychological research and documented miscarriages of justice, however, show that confessions are not always reliable: some are induced through oppression, whilst some feel a pressing need to admit ‘guilt’ despite bearing no responsibility. The implications for truth-finding are obvious – ascribing ‘guilt’ to the wrong party leads to an unjust outcome for the confessor and may result in the guilty party evading detection. The legal response recognises a need for protection, both from factual miscarriages of justice and from oppressive or unfair investigatory practice. Here another limitation on truth-finding will be discussed; namely where a truthful confession is excluded because of how it was obtained.