피의자신문의 현황과 개선책

Abstract

The Reality of Interrogation and its RemedyLee, Dong ­HeeThe present Constitution and Criminal Procedure Law have provisions to protect the rights of a suspect and secure the due proces in the course of interrogation. In addition, cases and theories has played an active role in interpreting the relevant statutes. However, investigative authorities in Korea cannot be free from a distrust that the current investigative practice are not faithful to the intent of the law and its interpretation. This study, based on the issue, reviews the present law system and the practice of interrogation and sketches the general characteristics of interrogation in Korea. And the reform measures as a solution to the problems verified in the review of the present status of interrogation are presented.More specifically, the law system and practice of interrogation cover the legal nature of interrogation, the subject of interrogation, the methods and procedures, the place of interrogation, the condition to admit interrogation as evidence, the aplication and its extent of interrogation, the rights to an