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WCDT strips 4281 to 4285 (8th to 12th June 2020)
Tova:
Embarrassing to admit, but that sailed over my head at the time. :psyduck:
hedgie:
It didn't with me, but I had forgotten about it until it was brought up.
Is it cold in here?:
What happens if the legal system discovers that CW's guilty plea was the result of a threat of torture?
Tova:
I don't know, but that scenario seems unlikely. Only CW and Yay know about it, and I don't anticipate either of them speaking up about it.
SmilingCat:
--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 14 Jun 2020, 18:05 ---What happens if the legal system discovers that CW's guilty plea was the result of a threat of torture?
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The torture wasn't conducted by an officer of the court or police, and the actual confession was delivered later under police supervision. So the confession is not in and of itself necessarily tainted and would probably be admissible.
HOWEVER, the circumstances under which Corpse Witch was compelled to later give that confession would also be admissible in any re-trial. Because of that, the prosecution would probably need evidence to back up the validity of the confession. The binder full of evidence that then Spooky handed over to Roko probably wouldn't be admissible since its source is inherently mysterious. The police would need to establish where all this information came from, or even recreate it though their own investigation so that it's clear there's no funny business.
It would probably be quite an endeavor to re-try Corpse Witch.
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