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From: bzs@world.std.com (Barry Shein)
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Subject: Re: Feedback on Computer Crime - Apology
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Date: 29 Aug 90 22:57:24 GMT
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>>  Remember "innocent until proven guilty?"  [ ... ]
>
>Is this really the wording? The use of 'until' has a rather nasty
>undertone of "it's just a matter of time - but we'll get you."
>
>I've always thought it was "unless proven guilty".

Actually, no such phrase occurs in the US Constitution, I don't know
where it's written to check the phrasing against. It's also often
referred to as "Presumption of Innocence".

I believe its roots are in English common law, and might be stated in
the Magna Carta (I don't have a copy handy, if anyone happens to have
the Magna Carta on-line I'd love a copy.)

        -Barry Shein

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