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  2. Presumption of innocence - Wikipedia

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    The presumption of innocence is a legal principle that every person accused of any crime is considered innocent until proven guilty.Under the presumption of innocence, the legal burden of proof is thus on the prosecution, which must present compelling evidence to the trier of fact (a judge or a jury).

  3. Coffin v. United States - Wikipedia

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    It is, of necessity, the condition of mind produced by the proof resulting from the evidence in the cause. It is the result of the proof, not the proof itself, whereas the presumption of innocence is one of the instruments of proof, going to bring about the proof from which reasonable doubt arises; thus one is a cause, the other an effect.

  4. Prison Break: Proof of Innocence - Wikipedia

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    The mobisodes advertise the Toyota Yaris.A ten-second advertisement of the car is shown at the beginning, and the car is incorporated into each mobisode. These are part of a campaign titled "Yaris vs. Yaris", inspired by Mad magazine's "Spy vs. Spy" with two endlessly dueling black hat and white hat spies.

  5. Actual innocence - Wikipedia

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    The Commonwealth of Virginia adopted such a law in 2004, subjecting petitioners to a very high standard of proof to overturn a conviction: that "the previously unknown or unavailable evidence is material and, when considered with all of the other evidence in the current record, will prove that no rational trier of fact would have found proof of ...

  6. Burden of proof (law) - Wikipedia

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    A "burden of proof" is a party's duty to prove a disputed assertion or charge, and includes the burden of production (providing enough evidence on an issue so that the trier-of-fact decides it rather than in a peremptory ruling like a directed verdict) and the burden of persuasion (standard of proof such as preponderance of the evidence).

  7. Woolmington v DPP - Wikipedia

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    Woolmington v DPP [1935] AC 462 is a landmark House of Lords case, where the presumption of innocence was re-consolidated (for application across the Commonwealth).. In criminal law the case identifies the metaphorical "golden thread" running through that domain of the presumption of innocence.

  8. Presumption of guilt - Wikipedia

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    It has also been said that this is a myth, [10] as well as a former "common conceit of English lawyers" who asserted this was the case in France. [11] [12] A presumption of guilt is incompatible with the presumption of innocence and moves an accusational system of justice toward the inquisitional. [13]

  9. List of U.S. states by Alford plea usage - Wikipedia

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    This list of U.S. states by Alford plea usage documents usage of the form of guilty plea known as the Alford plea in each of the U.S. states in the United States. An Alford plea (also referred to as Alford guilty plea [1] [2] [3] and Alford doctrine [4] [5] [6]) in the law of the United States is a guilty plea in criminal court, [7] [8] [9] where the defendant does not admit the act and ...