AJ 014 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Witness Statement, Reasonable Doubts
18 Jun 2020
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Once arrest, people may say something to the police that can be used against him. People may lie to cover up, dragging himself to more serious situation. Law reform commission reviewed the right of silence. The judge directed the jury by saying that police would be subject to disciplinary if lie / ask jury to choose between two versions of facts of the police and the defendant. Questions asked may direct you to imply you have admitted a criminal offence. The answer of which may lead you to another criminal offence. Right not to implicate yourself in committing the crime because burden of proof is at. 1980s: mostly proven guilty based on confession statement the court doubted if. R v lam chi-ming [1991] 2 hklr 191, at 195, 197-199 confession statements were voluntarily made. There were oral disputes in wan chai bar in the midnight.
