Advantages and Disadvantages of Reconstruction
Absztrakt :
Since the 19th century, reconstruction was introduced to and was known to
Hungarian criminal procedures. Since the very beginning, it has been used
to replicate the event, phenomenon, action or any of their parts under the
same circumstances as they could have actually happened. The results of
reconstruction are expected to verify or confute the testimony of the witness
or the defendant. Furthermore, it is also a measure of credibility investigations,
whereas the proceeding authority is checking whether the actions could take
place as suspected upon the available data. However, it is questionable,
whether reconstruction holds any disadvantages besides its benefits;
moreover, we must examine in this paper the reasons behind the rare practice
of this evidentiary procedure. It must be further viewed in the paper if there
is a correlation between its infrequent application and its legal background.