Scotland's second-most senior judge has stood by his controversial recommendation that the Scots law requirement for corroboration in criminal cases should be scrapped, insisting it is "medieval", not understood by some judges and will be abolished "sooner or later".
Scotland's second-most senior judge has stood by his controversial recommendation that the Scots law requirement for corroboration in criminal cases should be scrapped, insisting it is \"medieval\", not understood by some judges and will be abolished \"sooner or later\".
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The Lord Justice Clerk, Lord Carloway, reiterated his view that the doctrine – a fundamental pillar of the Scottish criminal justice system which ensures at least two separate sources of evidence are required for a successful prosecution – has no place in a modern legal system, claiming it creates miscarriages of justice.
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