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5 months ago in Criminal Procedure By Shobha
What kinds of evidence exist in criminal trials, and how do we stop wrongful convictions?
When someone is on trial for a crime, what actually counts as "evidence"? And beyond just looking at the facts, how does the legal system's own procedures try to prevent innocent people from being convicted?
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By Rani Answered 2 months ago
Evidence comes in many forms: testimony from witnesses, physical objects (weapons, DNA), documents (contracts, emails), and increasingly digital evidence (phone data, social media). But procedure is the real safeguard. Rules on admissibility filter out unreliable or illegally obtained evidence. The presumption of innocence and the burden of proof guilt beyond a reasonable doubt force the state to meet a very high bar. Add in the right to counsel, appeals, and exclusionary rules, and you have a system designed to protect the innocent, even if it sometimes lets the guilty walk.
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