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The prosecutor's interview with suspects in South Korea
Authors:DH Choe
Institution:1. The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia;2. Centre for Neural Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Melbourne, Australia;3. Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience. The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Melbourne, Australia;4. Department of Pharmacology, School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia;1. Centre for Criminology and Law, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX, UK;2. School of Law, De Montfort University, Leicester LE1 9BH, UK;1. Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA;2. Fujitsu Laboratories of America, 2801 Telecom Parkway, Richardson, TX 75082, USA;3. Raytheon Company, El Segundo, CA 90245, USA;4. Manhattan Beach, CA 90266, USA;5. School of Electrical Engineering, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv 69978, Israel;1. University of Bristol, School for Policy Studies, UK;2. School of Social Policy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham UK;1. Beijing Normal University, China;2. International Association of Penal Law (AIDP) China Branch, China
Abstract:South Korean criminal trials heavily depend on the investigation dossier written by prosecutor. The judges do no more than confirm evidence in the prosecutor's interview documents. This leads to a conviction rate exceeding 99 per cent, which is one of the highest in the world. The study aims to explore the reliability of such prosecutorial interview documents and the problems caused by criminal trials depending on them. This is based on a semi-structured interview of 20 legal professionals. Prosecutors' written interview records cannot help to regulate the risk of abuse as they provide the court with quite limited and skewed information. The criminal justice system should amend the evidentiary impact of the prosecutorial interview records. Instead, it should establish a number of appropriate safeguards to protect suspects against false confessions.
Keywords:Prosecutor  Investigative interview  Interrogation  False confession  South Korea  Interview documents
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