can a diary entry be used as an admission of guilt for rape?
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can a diary entry be used as an admission of guilt for rape?
if a 16 year old girl had sex with a 26 year old man and she wrote it in her diary can that be used as evidence for rape?
Asked on April 27, 2009 under Criminal Law, Colorado
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Answered 15 years ago | Contributor
The diary entry can be used to corroborate her oral testimony, but it is not an admission if you are being charged with a crime. Only you could make an admission.
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