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To: chesley
"Correct me if I’m wrong, but I read that the presumption in Europe is that the accussed is guilty??"

Our legal tradition is inherited from England, so certainly not all of Europe. I believe in France's system you must prove your innocence.

51 posted on 10/30/2014 6:31:29 AM PDT by mlo
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To: mlo
That's sorta what I thought. The Napoleonic code, or something.

I prefer our system, even if the occasional OJ or Angela Davis goes free.

54 posted on 10/30/2014 9:34:44 AM PDT by chesley (Obama -- Muslim or dhimmi? And does it matter?)
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