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Presumption of innocence (view source)
Revision as of 04:55, November 8, 2018
, 04:55, November 8, 2018Added context about popular use of the term!
The presumption of innocence was summarized by Viscount Sankey thus, in the context of a murder trial: "If, at the end of and on the whole of the case, there is a reasonable doubt, created by the evidence given by either the prosecution or the prisoner, as to whether the prisoner killed the deceased with a malicious intention, the prosecution has not made out the case and the prisoner is entitled to an acquittal." <ref>Woolmington v DPP, 1935</ref> In the same speech, he referred to this legal principle as the "golden thread" running "throughout the web of the English Criminal Law", a phrase which has come to be used as a shorthand for the principle itself.
The presumption of innocence was summarized by Viscount Sankey thus, in the context of a murder trial: "If, at the end of and on the whole of the case, there is a reasonable doubt, created by the evidence given by either the prosecution or the prisoner, as to whether the prisoner killed the deceased with a malicious intention, the prosecution has not made out the case and the prisoner is entitled to an acquittal." <ref>Woolmington v DPP, 1935</ref> In the same speech, he referred to this legal principle as the "golden thread" running "throughout the web of the English Criminal Law", a phrase which has come to be used as a shorthand for the principle itself.
The tradition of presumption of innocence was officially ended in 2018 with the slandering of now Supreme Court Justice [[Brett Kavanaugh]]. Kavanaugh's hearings clearly proved his innocence, but in the MSM Kavanaugh was presumed guilty after just one very credible account of rape. <ref>[https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/nov/5/brett-kavanaughs-lying-accusers-should-be-thrown-j]</ref>
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[[Category:Legal Terms]]
[[Category:Legal Terms]]