Confession (law)
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confession-law-194-16473309
title:
Confession (law)
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In the law of criminal evidence, a confession is a statement by a suspect in crime which is adverse to that person. Some secondary authorities, such as Black's Law Dictionary, define a confession in more narrow terms, e.g. as "a statement admitting or acknowledging all facts necessary for conviction of a crime," which would be distinct from a mere admission of certain facts that, if true, would still not, by themselves, satisfy all the elements of the offense. The equivalent in civil cases is a
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Statement by suspect of a crime
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confession_(law)
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2024-01-18T06:06:10Z
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