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Re: Pardon me?

Posted by Spider-Pig on Sun Jun 11 11:38:21 2023, in response to Re: Pardon me?, posted by Fisk Ave Jim on Sun Jun 11 10:22:25 2023.

You really don’t understand what that phrase means and how it’s applied. It’s what’s called a “legal fiction.” It only means that the burden of proof at trial is on the prosecution alone. It doesn’t mean that the accused is magically innocent of a crime he actually committed until the minute that the jury verdict comes down.

And again, accepting a pardon, whether before or after conviction, is an admission of guilty. A person is thus “proven guilty” by accepting a pardon.

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