Re: What is the "Presumption of Innocence"

"Immortalist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> "neepy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > Christene Herr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > > The idea of innocent until proven guilty is one of the things that sets
> > > America apart.
> >
> > Really?  Maybe you could provide a list of countries that don't adopt
> > this assumption in criminal trials?
> >
> 
> In the West aren't there two main legal schools of thought, one holding true
> to Roman law and the other influenced by the "English Common Law" tradition
> or what we call case law? In countries that opt for the prior have a nasty
> reputation as concerns suspects? Whereas in the later we evolve the truth we
> can find from an accumulation of similar cases. This later case instead of
> iron principle inflexible and rigid.

Well, that isn't an answer to the question ("Which countries don't
adopt the presumption of innocence in criminal trials?").

But, I would ask you a similar question:  Name the "nasty" (Western)
countries that depend on Roman Law.

Also, "case law" doesn't get you to "The Truth", it just says "In
similar cases we decided this in the past, so lets do the same again"
(so it is pretty inflexible, too).  Most Western countries (I'm no
expert... maybe all) depend on a mixture of "case" and "statute" law.