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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank
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To: Bill who wrote (15820)6/6/2001 3:19:25 PM
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As I understand it, once charged we can presume innocent until proven guilty. The burden is on the prosecution to prove guilt. The role of the defense is to show that there is not evidence or enough evidence to prove guilt. All kinds of conclusions can be assumed when a person is pronounced not guilty. The official position of the legal system is that there was not enough evidence to establish guilt. A presumption of innocent is not proof of innocence.

The best example I can think of is OJ. He is not guilty. No one proved that he is innocent. Obviously if you could "prove" someone else did it, the conclusion I would draw is that it proves OJ is innocent. But not necessarily, since he could still be an unprovable co-conspirator.
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