Zabójstwo w afekcie (148 § 4 k.k.) z perspektywy dowodowej i statystycznej
Voluntary manslaughter (article 148 paragraph 4 CC) – remarks on gathering and proving evidence of murder in criminal procedure

Summary/Abstract: The subject of the study is to present the issues of gathering and using evidence in a case of a murder of passion (Article 148 § 4 of the Penal Code), which is punishable by up to 10 years in prison. The article only minimally discusses the conditions for assigning responsibility for this crime, but focuses on the key aspects of the taking of evidence. The author presents the principle of free appraisal of evidence (Article 7 of the Code of Criminal Procedure) and claims that the entity responsible for assigning criminal liability should be only the judge, despite the fact that it is the forensic expert who significantly influences the findings of fact. The article also presents the number of proceedings conducted by the Police and the amount of penalties imposed by criminal courts in this category of cases.

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