[Husker] Alfonzo Dennard Found Guilty

[Paul Dalen]

I meant only that a court can't make a determination of innocence, only guilty or not. 

I sat on a court martial jury about a decade ago. We eventually acquitted the scumbag because under the law the the prosecutor hasn't met the burden of proof. We found him not guilty of possessing child porn but we all knew damn well he wasn't innocent. 

Paul Dalen

On Feb 23, 2013, at 12:12 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?
>