Court Rules Coerced Confessions Are Illegal
From Times Wire Reports
A provincial appeals court has issued what it says is China’s first ruling that confessions or evidence obtained by torture, trickery and coercion can’t be used in court, a government website reported.
Defense lawyers welcomed the Sichuan Provincial High Court ruling as a sign that courts might be trying to end police torture. But they said it would be merely symbolic without legal changes allowing defendants to remain silent and requiring that they be told they are entitled to lawyers.
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