Justice in the criminal process and conscience as a means to achieve it

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Abstract

The purpose of the research. The article examines the role and correlation in criminal proceedings of such concepts as justice, truth and conscience, as well as the possibility and validity of using the concept of conscience as a methodological basis for evaluating evidence. The analysis of the normative consolidation of the above concepts in various branches of law, their philosophical, moral, ethical and psychological understanding is carried out. Special attention is paid to the influence of conscience on the process of evaluating evidence and achieving a fair decision. Results. Taking into account the conducted research, measures are proposed to improve legislation: to introduce the concept of "truth" into the Code of Criminal Procedure of the Russian Federation as the purpose of proof; to supplement the Code of Criminal Procedure with definitions of the concepts of "conscience" and "justice"; to introduce into federal laws and other regulatory legal acts regulating the activities of the subjects of the prosecution (prosecutors, investigators, interrogators), the requirement the need for the latter to be guided by conscience in carrying out their professional activities; to create a single standard of moral and ethical requirements for all participants in the process, endowed with authority, and to develop methodological recommendations for the application of this standard.

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Vitaly S. Galetsky

International Law Institute; Moscow Expert Bureau for Quality Control of Works at Municipal Facilities

Author for correspondence.
Email: galetsky@yandex.ru
SPIN-code: 9509-2438

Cand. Sci. (Law), Associate Professor of the Department of Criminal Law Disciplines; Head of the Legal Department

Russian Federation, Moscow; Moscow

Olga V. Anuchina

Academy of Management of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia

Email: olganauka1989@yandex.ru
SPIN-code: 9514-4740

Cand. Sci. (Law), Head of the Department for the Study of Social Processes and Development of Comprehensive Issues of Law and Order Maintenance at the Research Center

Russian Federation, Moscow

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