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The Supreme Court of Canada recently issued a trilogy of decisions pertaining to suspects' right to legal representation. These rulings further a major difference between the US and Canadian law: Canadian criminal suspects have far less access to legal counsel than suspects in the USA. This paper summarizes these decisions and draws comparisons between Canadian and the US criminal procedure with respect to a suspect's rights to legal representation. We present preliminary data on Canadian citizens' misunderstanding of criminal suspects' right to counsel and also Canadian legal professionals' opinions about the right to counsel. We recommend empirical investigation of the hypothesis that Canadian suspects are more likely than the US suspects to make false confessions. interrogation, confession, right to lawyer, law
Author(s): Patry MW, Smith SM, Adams N
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Psychology, Crime & Law
Year: 2014
Volume: 20
Issue: 8
Pages: 741-755
Print publication date: 22/08/2014
Online publication date: 15/11/2013
Acceptance date: 18/09/2013
ISSN (print): 1068-316X
ISSN (electronic): 1477-2744
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/1068316X.2013.854795
DOI: 10.1080/1068316X.2013.854795
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