Author Question: Under the accusatorial system rationale, forced confessions violate due process, even if the ... (Read 87 times)

amal · **on:** Aug 16, 2018

Under the accusatorial system rationale, forced confessions violate due process, even if the confession is true, because:

a. forced confessions should be conclusively assumed to be unreliable.
b. the confession violates the Eight Amendment prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment.
c. under our system the state has the burden of proving guilt.
d. a forced confession may be unreliable.

Question 2

The Fourteenth Amendment due process clause is applicable at which stages of the criminal process?

a. Only at arrest
b. Only after formal charges have been filed
c. Only after custodial interrogation begins
d. At all stages of the criminal process