La presunción de inocencia en el derecho penal canónico. Cuestiones problemáticas abiertas.

The Presumption of Innocence in Canonical Criminal Law. Open Questions and Problems.

BURDEN of proof; PRESUMPTION of innocence; CRIMINAL convictions; CRIMINAL procedure; ACQUITTALS

La Constitución Apostólica Pascite Gregem Dei. La presunción de inocencia. Una breve pero necesaria retrospectiva histórica. La presunción de inocencia: clave interpretativa de las garantías procesales. Onus probandi incumbit eo qui dicit: La presunción de inocencia. El derecho y el deber de responder a acusaciones fundadas y documentadas. In dubio pro reo: Si el juez no alcanza la certeza moral de la culpabilidad, debe dictar sentencia absolutoria. ¿Existe el derecho a la absolución? La presunción de imputabilidad y la presunción de inocencia. Algunas consecuencias procesales del principio de presunción de inocencia: la notitia criminis y la investigación previa. Deber de secreto y confidencialidad. La "administrativización" del proceso penal. Medidas cautelares. Información al imputado para proteger su derecho de defensa frente a las acusaciones formuladas. Debe alcanzarse la certeza moral. Condena penal con atenuantes. Efecto suspensivo del recurso de apelación y casación. Vademécum del DDF. Amonestaciones y recursos penales. Algunas consideraciones finales. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Apostolic Constitution Pascite Gregem Dei. A brief but necessary historical retrospective of the presumption of innocence: a key to interpreting procedural guarantees. Onus probandi incumbit eo qui dicit: the right and duty to answer well-founded and documented accusations. In dubio pro reo: If the judge cannot establish the moral certainty of guilt, an acquittal sentence must be issued. Is there a right to acquittal? The presumption of imputability and the presumption of innocence. Some procedural consequences of the principle of presumption of innocence: notitia criminis and the prior investigation; the obligation of secrecy and confidentiality; the "administrativization" of criminal proceedings; precautionary measures; informing the accused so that the right of defense with regard to the accusations made is protected; moral certainty must be achieved; criminal conviction with mitigation; and the suspensive effect of appeal and appeal. Vademecum of the DDF. Admonitions and criminal remedies. Some concluding considerations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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