Guilty Proven facts
While investigating facts about Guilty Proven, I found out little known, but curios details like:
The Code of Hammurabi, while notorious for its eye for an eye punishments and the removal of body parts of the guilty party, was also one of the earliest pieces of written law to have it a requirement for an innocent person to be assumed innocent until proven guilty
That, in France, it is illegal to to publish photographs of a handcuffed suspects, as they are not to appear guilty until proven so.
In my opinion, it is useful to put together a list of the most interesting details from trusted sources that I've come across. Here are 18 of the best facts about Guilty Proven I managed to collect.
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A 16 year old boy faced 90 years in prison after being accused of possession of child pornography. It was later proven he was innocent on those charges, but he pleaded guilty to distributing porn to minors. He had showed a playboy magazine to his friends at lunch. He is now a sex offender.
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Since 1989 in the United States alone there have been 2,420 innocent people exonerated from prison after being proven not guilty. Those 2,420 innocent people spent a combined total of 21,292 years in prison
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In criminal trials under Scots Law, they have a verdict that is either "guilty" or "not proven" (compared to "guilty" or "not guilty" in the US system). This shift in wording is monumental when a jury is involved.
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It is not dishonest to enter a "not guilty" plea even if guilty because in the eyes of the law you are innocent until proven guilty.
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In 2015 a senior FBI agent who ran the investigation into the 2001 anthrax attacks sued the bureau for gathering "a staggering amount of exculpatory evidence" against their proposed sole culprit, Dr. Bruce Ivins, also saying he "absolutely does not think" he could've been proven guilty in court.
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In Scottish law, three verdict outcomes are possible: guilty, not guilty, or "not proven"
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In 1457, a sow and her piglets were held on trial for killing a young child by a French court. Despite her defense attorney's efforts, the sow was found guilty. Since it could not be proven that they participated in the killing, the piglets were exonerated.
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Presumption of Innocence aka Innocent until proven Guilty only applies in a civil or ciminal court proceeding, not during an investgation.....
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It is common practice for police in the USA to take anything from law abiding citizens for no real reason and with no crime committed. The *objects* that are taken are charged and are guilty until proven innocent. This is byond absurd! John Oliver vid 16 mins.
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Fingerprints are not scientifically proven to be admissible in court, or proving someone is undoubtedly guilty of a crime.
A girl experiencing night terrors shot and killed her father and younger brother, supposedly dreaming she was defending her family from "shadowy figures". She was proven not guilty after the jury found no other motive for the murders. - source
Drivers who get photo tickets in D.C. are guilty until proven innocent because city code establishes the photo itself to be prima facia evidence of the crime. - source
About a 1974 mysterious double murder on Palmyra Atoll, the only unorganized incorporated territory of the United States, in which the suspects couldn't be proven guilty of murder until one day the victims' bodies were unearthed.
Europe's approach to approving chemicals in foods and make-up is "guilty until proven innocent," whereas in the U.S. it is "innocent until proven guilty," resulting in the consumption of thousands of potentially harmful chemicals. - source
King Louis IX aka 'Saint Louis' made gambling, loans, & prostitution illegal. He also introduced innocent until proven guilty, banned trials by ordeal, created the military police & bailiffs.
