"The main hearing as a forum of truth. An Analysis with a View on the Criminal Procedure Reforms of Argentina and Mexico" The clock of the main hearing-centered criminal procedure has run down. Abbreviated criminal proceedings without a substantive oral and direct main hearing, whether plea bargaining, procedimiento abreviado or plea bargaining, rely on a "hunt for the confession" like the common law inquisition trial. Material truth falls by the wayside. As a touchstone, recent Latin American criminal procedure reforms are critically examined.
