Comment Re:Coerced false conffesion (Score 1) 102
So you consider the Spanish Inquisition to be nearly a utopia? Now I understand your position better!
I'm not inclined to accept confession as evidence at all. When a person "confesses" to a court there is very high likelihood and risk that they have done so under some form of duress. If the prosecution has no case other than a confession, then they simply have no case. I have heard the law indeed operates this way in some of the European states.