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Presuming responsibility: on the relation between custody and presumption of innocence in chilean procedural law

Authors

  • Jonatan Valenzuela Licenciado en Ciencias Jurídicas y Sociales por la Universidad de Chile, Diplomado en Derecho Procesal Penal por la Universidad de Chile. Diploma de Estudios Avanzados en Derecho en la Universidad de Girona. Estudiante de Doctorado en Derecho
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Abstract

Presumption of innocence and its defense are one of the most extendedintuitions in the study of procedural law. This paper aims to define the content of thisintuition as a critical instrument of the use of custody.    

Keywords:

procedural law , presumption of innocence , custody , innocence in procedural law , rationality of custody rules