China's highest court has published details of a regulation banning the admission of confessions obtained through torture in criminal trials.
The rule comes after a man who was wrongly jailed for murder was released last month when the victim turned up alive and well 10 years later.
It is 1 of the 2 regulations issued by the Supreme People's Court Thursday to prevent further miscarriages of justice and tighten the conviction criteria in capital cases.
The regulations focus on corroboration of physical evidence and human testimony in death penalty cases.
The regulation on principles and detailed rules for scrutinizing evidence in death penalty cases states that all physical evidence for the prosecution and defense should be revealed, identified and open to question in court.
Source: English People, June 25, 2010
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