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The Royal commission on criminal justice (1991) aimed to address the problems in the system, which led to miscarriages of justice; How far have the recommendations and subsequent changes improved the system?
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The Royal commission on criminal justice (1991) aimed to address the problems in the system, which led to miscarriages of justice; How far have the recommendations and subsequent changes improved the system? Miscarriages of justice are sometimes caused by confessions, which are coerced by the police or result from suspect's vulnerabilities during custody and interrogation. In over half the cases the appellant's psychological vulnerability rather than coercive or oppressive interviewing rendered the confession unreliable. A review of various cases demonstrates that relevant psychological research and expert testimony in cases of disputed confessions have had a profound influence on the practice and ruling of the court of Appeal and the House of Lords. It's not only people with learning disabilities or those who are mentally ill that make unreliable or false confessions. Personality factors are often important when rendering a confession unreliable. On Thursday November 21st 1974 two IRA bombs exploded in...
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