[Husker] Alfonzo Dennard Found Guilty

[Dave Ratchford]

This might be just vocabulary volleyball.  "presumption of innocence" is
certainly legalese, but I think  "guilt must be proven" could work just as
well.  I don' think "innocent until proven guilty" or "presumed innocent"
or anything like this is actually stated in the US Constitution anywhere.
Could be wrong though.  Any strict constructionists out there?

Dave


On Sat, Feb 23, 2013 at 1:12 PM, Steve Reichenbach <reich at inetnebr.com>wrote:

> > Innocent is a moral assessment.  Not-guilty is a legal assessment.
>
> Is that all?  Isn't the presumption of innocence a legal precept?
> A trial outcome is either guilty or not guilty, so the judge or
> jury doesn't assess innocence directly, but isn't there still a
> presumption of innocence unless there is a guilty verdict?
>
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