Truth and justification in the criminal procedure

After clarifying that the only truth that criminal judge must declare is the “sad truth” of the defendant’s culpability, the Author of this article disputes the widespread opinion that this truth would be a minor and conventional truth, not comparable to scientific or historical ones. Also in the cr...

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Main Author: Francesco Caprioli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Brasileiro de Direito Processual Penal 2017-03-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Direito Processual Penal
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Online Access:http://www.ibraspp.com.br/revista/index.php/RBDPP/article/view/30
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description After clarifying that the only truth that criminal judge must declare is the “sad truth” of the defendant’s culpability, the Author of this article disputes the widespread opinion that this truth would be a minor and conventional truth, not comparable to scientific or historical ones. Also in the criminal proceedings we pursue the Truth with capital T, which must be regarded as correspondence between the indictment and the facts described in it. Only under these conditions the judgment of conviction can be considered rationally justified.
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spelling doaj-art-8b866151c5cc430dbd0a7426a815c6782025-08-20T02:52:35ZengInstituto Brasileiro de Direito Processual PenalRevista Brasileira de Direito Processual Penal2525-510X2017-03-013131734210.22197/rbdpp.v3i1.3024Truth and justification in the criminal procedureFrancesco Caprioli0Università degli studi di Torino/ItáliaAfter clarifying that the only truth that criminal judge must declare is the “sad truth” of the defendant’s culpability, the Author of this article disputes the widespread opinion that this truth would be a minor and conventional truth, not comparable to scientific or historical ones. Also in the criminal proceedings we pursue the Truth with capital T, which must be regarded as correspondence between the indictment and the facts described in it. Only under these conditions the judgment of conviction can be considered rationally justified.http://www.ibraspp.com.br/revista/index.php/RBDPP/article/view/30Processo PenalVerdadeValoração da provaProcesso penal italiano.
spellingShingle Francesco Caprioli
Truth and justification in the criminal procedure
Revista Brasileira de Direito Processual Penal
Processo Penal
Verdade
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Processo penal italiano.
title Truth and justification in the criminal procedure
title_full Truth and justification in the criminal procedure
title_fullStr Truth and justification in the criminal procedure
title_full_unstemmed Truth and justification in the criminal procedure
title_short Truth and justification in the criminal procedure
title_sort truth and justification in the criminal procedure
topic Processo Penal
Verdade
Valoração da prova
Processo penal italiano.
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