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Some Developments In The Law Concerning Confessions, William Wicker
Some Developments In The Law Concerning Confessions, William Wicker
Vanderbilt Law Review
Our system of administering criminal laws is predicated upon accusatorial rather than inquisitorial proceedings. To maintain inviolate the safeguards consonant with this principle, we have placed upon the State an ever-increasing burden in proving the commission of the crime charged. That this burden has begun to weigh heavily, and perhaps onerously, becomes unmistakably evident from a study of recent developments in the law of confessions.