CONCLUSION

The 1987 Constitution has provided a new perspective for the constitutional­ization of criminal procedure. The institutional reform of criminal procedure and a number of landmark judicial decisions may be called the Korean �crim­inal procedure revolution.’^[226] The �revolution’ has been oriented toward strengthening the defendants’ procedural rights, restricting possible power abuses of investigative authorities, effectuating the trial process, weakening evidentiary power of prosecutor-made dossiers, and protecting the victim’s privacy. Through this �revolution,’ the Korean criminal justice system has been totally reconstructed.

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