An individual confesses to a crime. There is no other evidence of the crime occurring. The police have not:
A) corroborated the confession
B) established stare decisis
C) established the corpus delicti of the crime
D) both a and c

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Corroborating the confession means obtaining additional evidence to support the individual's admission of guilt. Establishing the corpus delicti means demonstrating that a crime has occurred through evidence other than the confession. Both are necessary to establish guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. Without corroboration and establishment of the corpus delicti, the confession alone is not enough to prove guilt.

An Individual Confesses to a Crime