What are the three systems of criminal procedure?

1.     Inquisitorial – the detection and prosecution of offenders are not left to the initiative of private parties but to the officials and agents of the law.  Resort is made to secret inquiry to discover the culprit, and violence and torture are often employed to extract confessions.  The judge is not limited to the evidence brought before him but could proceed with his own inquiry which was not confrontative.

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