LEGAL Proposal for Digital Evidence Seizure and Admissibility in KOREA

Today, the digital revolution has completely changed all areas of society, and the evidence of crime has also become digitalized. Therefore, it is no exaggeration to say that the success or failure of investigation to reveal the truth depends on how digital evidence is secured and recognized. In this way, our society is rapidly changing into a digital society, but the law has not been completely restored, and it maintains the analog legal system of the past. In other words, the provision related to digital evidence is only Article 106 (3), (4) and (313) of the Criminal Procedure Act. However, these few words alone can not solve all the problems related to digital evidence. This study is based on the evaluation of the problems of Article 106 (3) and (4) of the Criminal Procedure Act and recently revised Articles 313 and 314 of the Criminal Procedure Act, the purpose is to present a new legislative alternative. Current deficiencies in the acceptability of digital evidence should be addressed through amendments to the law. First of all, the digital evidence corresponding to the specialization is subject to the existing special law, so there are certain limitations on the ability of evidence. However, there are exceptions to the special law, I believe that it is reasonable to allow valuable evidence that is essential to substantiate the fact. And any digital evidence that does not contain a statement should be able to acknowledge evidence capability only if it is proven authentic to establish the truth and credibility of the data. That is, errors in systems and soft-ware, and authenticity requirements to ensure the reliability of digital evidence exposed to the risk of unauthor-ized access, has proven that there has been no such error or danger. The accuracy and reliability of the system and the procedures are mainly presented as such authenticity verification methods. However, more specific re-quirements for the authenticity of digital evidence should be laid out in a manner that is based on technical standards established by experts, but can be easily applied to legal judgments