employee from 01.01.2019 to 01.01.2025
Saratov, Saratov, Russian Federation
UDC 343.13
Introduction. During the course of an investigation, situations arise in which witnesses and victims are unable, for objective reasons, to continue participating in criminal proceedings and to appear subsequently to give evidence at trial. To address this issue, many countries utilise the institution of depositing evidence. In the article, the author analyses the procedural framework for depositing evidence currently in place in a number of countries, and discusses the possibility of introducing it into Russian criminal procedure. Methodology. In the course of the study, the author employed general and discipline-specific research methods, including formal legal analysis, comparative legal analysis, historical analysis, as well as analysis and synthesis. Results. Having analysed the procedures for the pre-trial recording of evidence in foreign countries, as well as the views of foreign and Russian procedural law scholars, the author has concluded that: the issue of pre-trial recording of evidence is highly relevant to modern criminal procedure and has both supporters and staunch opponents; the taking of statements from victims and witnesses already exists to some extent in Russian criminal procedure, but requires legislative regulation; deposition is justified only in truly exceptional circumstances where there are compelling grounds for the loss of testimony; it should not be used on a mass scale, nor should it become a tool for abuse by either the prosecution or the defence.
depositing of evidence, victim, witness, depositing of evidence for safekeeping, criminal procedural evidence, adversarial system, defence in criminal cases, protection of victims and witnesses
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