On the issue of changing the charge during the preliminary investigation

Stopping the prosecution of an innocent person is just as important as filing charges. Therefore, already in pre-trial proceedings, it is so important to formulate in detail not only the provisions regulating the procedure for filing charges, but also the features of changing it. However, after the charges are filed, the collection of evidence continues. This leads, in some cases, to amend, supplement a previously brought charge, and sometimes make a decision to terminate it in part. Meanwhile, the legislative regulation of this procedure gives rise to discussions both among law enforcement officials and in the scientific community. Digitalization, as well as modern legislative structures for bringing charges and interrogation, provided for in the legislation of some foreign countries, seem to be of interest and can be taken into account in the search for new vectors in the search for ways to change the charge.