Sunday, December 7, 2014

‘No confidence in PV’ – Telegraaf.nl

'No confidence in PV' – Telegraaf.nl

Dutch criminal lawyers have no faith in the minutes that poiltieambtenaren Formatting. That research by ThePostOnline under 100 criminal lawyers. A police report is an official paper made police report

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ThePostOnline has approximately four hundred lawyers approached for research are members of the Dutch Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NVSA). About a hundred of them have collaborated on the survey. Three quarters of respondents called the reliability of records a “big problem.”

Almost two thirds error mentions a structural problem. This involves making unconscious mistakes to ‘deliberate forgeries’, say the participants of the survey. Causes could be:-scoring, time pressure, tunnel vision and lack of language and writing skills

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Bart Nooitgedagt, chairman of the Dutch Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, told thePost that. figures do not surprise him. Statements from witnesses and suspects would rarely be reproduced verbatim. “Relevant parts missing or filled by officers. They often select what they find themselves irrelevant, so sometimes crucial information is missing.”

The problem is recognized by the president of the police union ACP. “Everything is very unlikely that complex. And yes, mistakes are made,” says this Gerrit van de Veen. According to him, errors are due to budget cuts and changing rules and laws.

The consequences of errors can be disastrous. Lawyers in the survey indicate that a report for the court is considered legal proof. Its content is difficult to dispute. How do you prove that the officer had no reason to shoot, as agent in the report writes that he felt threatened

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