자백과 보강증거 - 판례를 중심으로 -

A judge cannot convict a defendant of guilty despite judge's belief in the guilt of the defendant based on the confession with admissibility of evidence and credible confession unless there is corroborating evidence. This is an exception to the principle of free evaluation of evidence restricting admissibility of evidence and originates from a need to prevent misjudgement and to protect human rights. On the other hand, as for the corroborating evidence, judicial precedents support the theory of veracity security "the degree of veracity ensuring the veracity of the confession" in respect of the issue 'how much the corroborating evidence shall corroborate the confession. However, its standard is so abstract that the supplement to this is required.