Re: What is the "Presumption of Innocence"

Christene Herr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> 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?
 
> It means that they are given a fair trial.

Why?  You can have a "fair" or "unfair" trial under any set of
assumptions... it is how the trial is conducted, rules of evidence,
etc (not the assumption of innocence) that determines whether it is
fair or not.

> But most 
> of all it means that we as Americans believe in the decency and goodness 
> of human nature.  We hope that they didn't commit the crime, instead of 
> just assuming that they should.

Keep taking the meds.