Legal certainty in a fallible legal system. Dealing with miscarriages of justice in criminal procedure KU Leuven
Imprisoned for many years while being innocent. In several countries surrounding Belgium, cases are known in which people experienced this nightmare. In Belgium, on the contrary, little or no major cases concerning miscarriages of justice are known. However, this does not mean that they do not occur.
This research deals with the question how criminal procedure should detect, investigate and correct miscarriages of justice. ...