Understanding the Legal Framework for Confessions to Police: Rights, Coercion, and the Impact on Criminal Cases
The article investigates the intricacies of the law surrounding the use of confessions to police, and the balance between ensuring the administration of justice as well as safeguarding individual rights. Under Miranda, several issues including coercion lead to an important impact on the admissibility and reliability of criminal cases based on confessions. We assess the effectiveness of the legal framework in preventing wrongful convictions arising from coerced confession through analysis of landmark cases and scholarly insights.