Taking the queen of trials to the guillotine

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14606268

Keywords:

Informal confession, Illegal evidence, Criminal conviction, Police violence

Abstract

The article addresses an important decision by the STJ that reduces the relevance of confessions: it made “informal confessions” illegal and prevented extrajudicial confessions from being used as evidence for criminal convictions. The decision is encouraging because it requires a more rigorous evidentiary standard, and is based on the profusion of police violence, which is more persistent in obtaining confessions, and which is still poorly repressed.

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Author Biography

Marcelo Semer, Tribunal de Justiça do Estado de São Paulo, TJSP, São Paulo/SP

Desembargador do Tribunal de Justiça de São Paulo. Mestre em Direito Penal e Doutor em Criminologia, pela Faculdade de Direito da USP. Membro e ex-presidente da Associação Juízes para a Democracia. Currículo Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/6781825253614558. 

References

BRASIL. Superior Tribunal de Justiça. Quinta Turma. HC 933.395-SP, Relator: Min. Ribeiro Dantas, julgado: 26 nov. 2024, publicado: 3 dez. 2024. Disponível em: https://processo.stj.jus.br/SCON/GetInteiroTeorDoAcordao?num_registro=202402850036&dt_publicacao=03/12/2024. Acesso em: 7 jan. 2025.

BRASIL. Superior Tribunal de Justiça. Sexta Turma. HC 598.051-SP, Relator: Min. Rogerio Schietti Cruz, julgado: 2 mar. 2021, publicado: 15 mar. 2021. Disponível em: https://processo.stj.jus.br/SCON/GetInteiroTeorDoAcordao?num_registro=202001762449&dt_publicacao=15/03/2021. Acesso em: 7 jan. 2025.

BRASIL. Superior Tribunal de Justiça. Terceira Seção. AResp 2.123.334/MG, Relator: Min. Ribeiro Dantas, julgado: 20 jun. 2024, publicado: 2 jul. 2024. Disponível em: https://processo.stj.jus.br/SCON/GetInteiroTeorDoAcordao?num_registro=202201379825&dt_publicacao=02/07/2024. Acesso em: 7 jan. 2025.

FERRAJOLI, Luigi. Direito e razão. 4. ed. São Paulo: Revista dos Tribunais, 2014.

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Published

2025-01-29

How to Cite

Semer, M. (2025). Taking the queen of trials to the guillotine. Boletim IBCCRIM, 33(387), 15–17. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14606268

Issue

Vol. 33 No. 387 (2025): Boletim IBCCRIM - Fevereiro

Section

Processo Penal

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