Viktor Bérces: Evidence in Criminal Proceedings
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Chapter IV. Principles of evidence
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4.3. Objective and subjective criteria of impartiality
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4.3.1. Procedural interests of investigating authorities and prosecution services

4.3.1. Procedural interests of investigating authorities and prosecution services

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With regard to the police organisation, Skolnic points out that it “tries to maintain a kind of routine of office, which is in fact a presumption of guilt. When the police arrest someone and suspect him, they believe that the suspect has committed the offence charged. They believe that because they are experts in criminal cases, they can distinguish guilt from innocence. At the heart of their view is that a police officer does not accuse innocent people. In this way, the police see themselves as merciful servants of justice.”1 This is essentially the position of Farkas, who argues that this presumption of guilt is consistently present in the procedure, since within each organisational structure there are conflicting interests at work (e.g. the prosecution is clearly motivated by the need to prosecute).2

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Impartiality often seems to “break down” in the investigating authority’s or prosecutor’s style of questioning, manner, possible statements and remarks. At the same time, Hungarian judicial practice is consistent in the sense that public officials must exercise a high degree of caution in the choice of terms they use in criminal proceedings to indicate the guilt of the accused, especially when the accused has not yet been found guilty by a competent judicial body.3
1 Skolnick, Jerome H.: Justice Without Trial. New York, 1994, 112–113. In Mihály Tóth (2003) ibid. 169
2 Ákos Farkas: A büntetőeljárás hatékonysága. [The Efficiency of Criminal Procedure.] Candidate thesis. Miskolc, 1997. 119.
3 RO 2001/12. 955. In: Czine–Szabó–Villányi–Baka (2008) ibid. 220.
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