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- Title
PRESERVING THE INTEGRITY OF THE COURT AGAINST MORAL DEFILEMENT: PEOPLE V. WRICE AND THE QUESTION OF WHETHER THE USE OF A PHYSICALLY COERCED CONFESSION CAN CONSTITUTE HARMLESS ERROR - LESSONS OF WISDOM FROM INTERNATIONAL LAW.
- Authors
BECKER, STEVEN W.
- Abstract
The article focuses on the preservation of the integrity of the court against moral defilement. It is said that the 1982 case People vs. Stanley Wrice which involved police torture and proposed legislative change related to the use of physically coerced confessions as substantive evidence of guilt at trial will test the moral fortitude of the Illinois Supreme Court. Brief background of the case and overview of international instruments that condemn torture are also discussed.
- Subjects
ILLINOIS; INTEGRITY; WRICE, Stanley; FORTITUDE; POLICE; TORTURE; ILLINOIS. Supreme Court; ACTIONS &; defenses (Law)
- Publication
DePaul Journal for Social Justice, 2011, Vol 5, Issue 1, p3
- ISSN
2151-3090
- Publication type
Article