Understanding and preventing testimonial injustice in criminal proceedings: a comment on Federico Picinali “Evidential reasoning, testimonial injustice and the fairness of the criminal trial”

Owusu-Bempah, Abenaa ORCID: 0000-0001-6674-0018 (2024) Understanding and preventing testimonial injustice in criminal proceedings: a comment on Federico Picinali “Evidential reasoning, testimonial injustice and the fairness of the criminal trial”. Quaestio facti. Revista internacional sobre razonamiento probatorio. ISSN 2660-4515

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Reflecting on Federico Picinali’s arguments in «Evidential reasoning, testimonial injustice and the fairness of the criminal trial», this paper aims to further understanding of the scope and implications of epistemic injustice in criminal trials, and the problem of biased evidential reasoning more generally. It demonstrates how legal rules can result in dismissal or oversight of the defendant’s stock of knowledge; offers support for Picinali’s contention that testimonial injustice to defendants interferes with the right to a fair trial, while questioning whether the same can be said of testimonial injustice to complainants; and considers who can cause, and be a victim of, testimonial injustice. The paper goes on to evaluate Picinali’s proposed measures to prevent testimonial injustice in evidential reasoning, while advocating for law reform to restrict the admissibility of rap music as evidence in criminal trials.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	© 2024 The Author(s)
Divisions:	Law
Subjects:	K Law
Date Deposited:	16 May 2024 13:51
Last Modified:	17 Oct 2024 18:14
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/123457

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