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  • People are entitled to the presumption of innocence.

  • Asset forfeiture is a mockery of the Bill of Rights. There is no presumption of innocence, no need to prove you guilty (or even charge you with a crime), no right to a jury trial, no right to confront your accuser, no right to a court-appointed attorney (even if the government has just stolen all your money), and no right to compensation for the property that's been taken.

    Harry Browne (2000). “The Great Libertarian Offer”, Liam Works
  • I believe I am entitled like any other person to have the presumption of innocence.

    "Oppn launches twin attempts to interrupt Parliament". "AM " with Naomi Woodley, www.abc.net.au. May 8, 2012.
  • An important and fundamental premise of the American judicial system is the presumption of innocence, that is until proven guilty.

    DMX
    "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
  • But I rather thought--I mean, I heard you'd killed Balder the Fair." "I never did," snapped Loki crossly. "Well, no one ever proved I did. What happened to the presumption of innocence? Besides, he was supposed to be invulnerable. Was it my fault that he wasn't?

    Joanne Harris (2008). “Runemarks”, p.105, Random House
  • Stay out of the court of self-judgment, for there is no presumption of innocence.

  • This is a generation weaned on Watergate, and there is no presumption of innocence and no presumption of good intentions. Instead, there is a presumption that, without relentless scrutiny, the government will misbehave.

    "Dee Dee Myers : Press Secretary to an Administration Full of Talkers". Interview with Thomas B. Rosenstiel, articles.latimes.com. March 20, 1994.
  • The presumption of innocence is not just a legal concept. In commonplace terms, it rests on that generosity of spirit which assumes the best, not the worst, of the stranger.

  • Some may remember, if you have good memories, that there used to be a concept in Anglo-American law called a presumption of innocence, innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Now that's so deep in history that there's no point even bringing it up, but it did once exist.

  • I don't think the law exists to arrive at the truth. If it did, we wouldn't have exclusionary rules, we wouldn't have presumptions of innocence, we wouldn't have proof beyond reasonable doubt. There's an enormous difference between the role of truth in law and the role of truth in science. In law, truth is one among many goals.

  • The presumption of innocence only means you don't go right to jail.

    "Hannity & Colmes", August 24, 2001.
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