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Presumption of Guilt

Presumption of Guilt

Posted Oct 15, 2006 9:34 UTC (Sun) by zenaan (subscriber, #3778)
In reply to: Presumption of Guilt by kevinbsmith
Parent article: Hans Reiser arrested

When she was released, there still had been no trial. During her entire imprisonment, she had had no trial, and no conviction.

I agree with the principle that, at least in the case of a small matter ('summary offence'), there should be a presumption of innocence, before trial and before conviction has occurred.


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