Freedom of Evaluating Evidenceand the Role of This Principle in Safeguarding Legality in the Course of Pretrial Criminal Process
Freedom of evaluating evidence is seen as a principle that cannot be disputed or questioned in any part or variant of the criminal process. Based on the above and also on the social purpose of criminal procedure, novel approaches are proposed to defining this principle. The author also argues that certain aspects of this country’s criminal procedure are at odds with this principle and can thereby make for violation of the law during the pretrial phase of the criminal process.