The way which the interrogation was done can also be a challenge to the evidence law on handling the terrorism. As mentioned above, the terrorist suspect usually will become stubborn and tough as they might be trained to be so. They will not even give up their information easily. There are trained authorities that specializes in digging out information from the suspects. However, as much as the police are trained to do so, they are also well-trained to endure the interrogation.
In the situation such as the ticking bomb scenario, the police then will face a hard time to obtain information or evidence as fast as possible as there are many lives at stake. In the case of Ibrahim v United Kingdom (2015), similar situation happened when the police …show more content…
As much as the miscarriages of justice had occurred in the past, there had been much improvements nowadays to ensure that the confessions obtained are fully authentic and legitimate, by introducing the system of video-taping the interviews and interrogations. Nevertheless, problems might occur in terms of technicality because the video recorder might be unavailable or malfunction sometimes . For the past mistakes not to be repeated again, there must be some sort of safeguards for the authority to act consistent with the requirements of the law. Hence, the PACE Act and codes of practices was a good step in giving the authority guidelines on how to retrieve the evidence lawfully for the evidence to be admissible and reliable. As for the EWI, there had been a development in the way which the identification parades can be done. The introduction of Video Identification Parade Electronic Recording (VIPER) had made it easier for the witness to do the identification. Witnesses do not have to show up at the police station but instead it can be done from home. This method had been proven to be easier as the witness does not have to face the suspect. This method also aimed to be more effective and can reduce the cost of identification parade …show more content…
Confession evidence may consist of false or coerced evidence, taking examples of past cases. The way in which the confession is obtained also can be a question to consider. Meanwhile, the EWI evidence on top of being always unreliable, it is also difficult as the appearance of terrorist suspects usually is not revealing. However, despite the difficulties, there are still some major improvements in each area of the evidence
In the situation such as the ticking bomb scenario, the police then will face a hard time to obtain information or evidence as fast as possible as there are many lives at stake. In the case of Ibrahim v United Kingdom (2015), similar situation happened when the police …show more content…
As much as the miscarriages of justice had occurred in the past, there had been much improvements nowadays to ensure that the confessions obtained are fully authentic and legitimate, by introducing the system of video-taping the interviews and interrogations. Nevertheless, problems might occur in terms of technicality because the video recorder might be unavailable or malfunction sometimes . For the past mistakes not to be repeated again, there must be some sort of safeguards for the authority to act consistent with the requirements of the law. Hence, the PACE Act and codes of practices was a good step in giving the authority guidelines on how to retrieve the evidence lawfully for the evidence to be admissible and reliable. As for the EWI, there had been a development in the way which the identification parades can be done. The introduction of Video Identification Parade Electronic Recording (VIPER) had made it easier for the witness to do the identification. Witnesses do not have to show up at the police station but instead it can be done from home. This method had been proven to be easier as the witness does not have to face the suspect. This method also aimed to be more effective and can reduce the cost of identification parade …show more content…
Confession evidence may consist of false or coerced evidence, taking examples of past cases. The way in which the confession is obtained also can be a question to consider. Meanwhile, the EWI evidence on top of being always unreliable, it is also difficult as the appearance of terrorist suspects usually is not revealing. However, despite the difficulties, there are still some major improvements in each area of the evidence