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False confessions: a note on the McKenzie judgement
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 January 2018
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The Court of Appeal in its judgement of this case ruled that special care needs to be taken in cases where the defendant suffers from “a significant degree of mental handicap” (This term is used with a specific legal meaning – see below) if the only evidence against him is his confession.
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