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Innocent Until Proven Guilty

A Comforting Thought for the Holidays

Mike Edwards | Posted 01.21.2013 | Politics
Read More: Gun Control, Security, Justice, Obamacare, Fairness, Crime, Gridlock, Innocent Until Proven Guilty, Politics News
Mike Edwards

Americans, whether they are gun-toting conservatives from Texas or hipster liberals from New York, mostly want the same things. In this era of political polarization and gridlock, I find that an extremely comforting thought.

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Assuming Positive Intent

Laurie Neff | Posted 05.20.2012 | Good News
Read More: Handicapped Parking, Assuming the Worst, Negative Assumptions, Positvie Intent, Ethics, Innocent Until Proven Guilty, Good News News
Laurie Neff

For a nation where one of the core tenets is a presumption of innocence until proven guilty, we have sure lost the ability to give anyone the benefit of the doubt.

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Troy Davis, A Man Without a Voice, Speaks for Too Many

Lainey Shany | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Death Row, Naacp, Troy Davis, Innocent Until Proven Guilty, Ee, Politics News
Lainey Shany

But who is Troy Davis? Who is this man who has stirred many to action, yet is unable to speak to directly to the media himself? And how can all of us come to see his plight as our own?

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Presumed Innocent? Bernie Madoff?

Dan Abrams | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Read More: Dan Abrams, TV News, Criminal Justice System, Jury Trials, TV Legal Analysts, Criminal Justice, Media, OJ Simpson, Innocent Until Proven Guilty, Media News
Dan Abrams

People constantly complain to me about news coverage of criminal cases. "What happened to the presumption of innocence?" they ask at almost every turn. Well, I'm tired of it.

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Blagojevich The Target of Political Lynch Mob at This Week's Kangaroo Court

Ray Hanania | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago
Read More: Lynch Mob, Gov Rod Blagojevich, Barack Obama, Kangaroo Court, Innocent Until Proven Guilty, Chicago News
Ray Hanania

He may be guilty of the federal charges, but the outrageous manner in which he is being attacked by the legislature this week is just too unfair.

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