Timeline for Is "Innocent until proven guilty" merely a cliche used in legal dramas?
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| Feb 12 at 17:58 | comment | added | computercarguy | @Xavier, I guess that's just another difference between the US and the UK. | |
| Feb 10 at 2:41 | comment | added | Xavier | @computercarguy armstronglegal.com.au/criminal-law/nsw/bail/… The third consideration listed is The strength of the prosecution case; | |
| Feb 9 at 21:42 | comment | added | computercarguy | @Xavier, that's not true. Bail is set by the history of a person, whether they are a flight risk or if they have a history of being violent, not whether the judge thinks they are guilty. americanbar.org/groups/public_education/resources/… | |
| Feb 9 at 17:53 | answer | added | EvilSnack | timeline score: 1 | |
| Feb 9 at 1:17 | comment | added | Xavier | For serious crimes, a preliminary assessment of a person's guilt/innocence is made when deciding if a person is granted bail. It could be argued that people who are not granted bail are not presumed completely innocent before final judgement. (Of course, whether bail was granted has no affect on the final judgement). | |
| Feb 7 at 21:20 | comment | added | marcelm | Did you also see (their other comment](law.stackexchange.com/questions/99437/…) which reads "Presumed" is the keyword. The OP means "is"? It's rather important to the point they were trying to make. | |
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| Feb 7 at 15:11 | comment | added | Mike M | 100% @TigerGuy --- the US is so deeply committed to mass incarceration that we've fully abandoned a full legal process for all but the most wealthy or "famous". The vast majority are forced through the plea bargain system through financial pressures and threats to their mental and physical health and safety. | |
| Feb 7 at 15:01 | comment | added | Tiger Guy | it's a useful fiction, but "innocent until arrested" would be a better phrase for how justice works in the USA. Knowing they are innocent is scant relief to people who can't afford bail yet sit in jail awaiting the trial that could let them free. | |
| Feb 6 at 23:05 | answer | added | Greendrake | timeline score: 21 | |
| Feb 6 at 23:05 | history | became hot network question | |||
| Feb 6 at 22:08 | answer | added | Trish | timeline score: 30 | |
| Feb 6 at 15:27 | answer | added | Lag | timeline score: 48 | |
| S Feb 6 at 14:58 | answer | added | Jen | timeline score: 13 | |
| S Feb 6 at 14:58 | history | asked | Jen | CC BY-SA 4.0 |